The original film was made in 1970, written by Neil Simon and starring Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis as an Ohio couple who come to New York to see about his new job offer, and instead go through hell. The original was (IMHO) better than the remake not only because remakes usually don't work (see Psycho if you doubt me), but because I just feel that Lemmon does a better Everyman-at-the-end-of-his-rope than Martin does.