Directed by:
Martha CoolidgeCinematography:
Johnny E. JensenComposer:
Elmer BernsteinCast:
Richard Dreyfuss, Mercedes Ruehl, Irene Worth, Mike Damus, Brad Stoll, David Strathairn, Robert Miranda, Jack Laufer, Susan Merson, Jean ZarzourVOD (1)
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During the 1940s, two Brooklyn boys, Jay (15) and Arty (13), find their lives turned upside down when their father heads South for work, leaving them with their stern grandmother Kurnitz and their childlike aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York. In this film version of Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, two Brooklyn boys, 15-year-old Jay and 13-year-old Arty, are sent to live with their grandmother in Yonkers, New York, when their widowed father heads South to work during World War II. Grandma Kurnitz, a dour and formidable tyrant, presides over the upstairs apartment above her candy store, where the boys join their wacky, movie-loving and slightly slow Aunt Bella and occasional visitor Uncle Louie, a small-time gangster. Gradually the boys learn how to cope with Grandma and their new surroundings, but their most important lessons are provided by observing their partner-in-crime Bella as she tries to assert her independence from Grandma by pursuing a relationship with movie usher Johnny. (HBO Europe)
(more)Cast
Richard Dreyfuss
USA
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
Jaws (1975)
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
Mercedes Ruehl
USA
Best movies:
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) (TV movie)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
The Fisher King (1991)
Irene Worth
USA
Best movies:
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Onegin (1999)
Fast Forward (1985)
Mike Damus
USA
Best movies:
A Pig's Tale (1994)
Lost in Yonkers (1993)
Brad Stoll
USA
Best movies:
Lost in Yonkers (1993)
David Strathairn
USA
Best movies:
L.A. Confidential (1997)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Temple Grandin (2010) (TV movie)
Robert Miranda
USA
Best movies:
The Untouchables (1987)
Midnight Run (1988)
Thirteen Days (2000)
Jack Laufer
Israel
Best movies:
Star Trek into Darkness (2013)
Columbo (1971) (series)
And the Band Played On (1993) (TV movie)
Susan Merson
USA
Best movies:
Tootsie (1982)
Phenomenon (1996)
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)
Jean Zarzour
USA
Best movies:
The World According to Garp (1982)
Love and Other Drugs (2010)
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)