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Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
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Meet Eugene Jerome and his family, fighting the hard times and sometimes each other. morePlot:
Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He lives with his parents... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Brigton Beach Memories-Brooklyn Can't Get Better Than This **** moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jonathan Silverman | ... | Eugene Morris Jerome | |
| Blythe Danner | ... | Kate | |
| Stacey Glick | ... | Laurie | |
| Lisa Waltz | ... | Nora | |
| Judith Ivey | ... | Blanche | |
| Bob Dishy | ... | Jack | |
| Brian Drillinger | ... | Stanley | |
| James Handy | ... | Frank Murphy | |
| Bette Henritze | ... | Mrs. Murphy | |
| Steven Hill | ... | Mr. Stroheim | |
| David Margulies | ... | Mr. Farber | |
| Fyvush Finkel | ... | Mr. Greenblatt | |
| Kathleen Doyle | ... | Mrs. Laski | |
| Alan Weeks | ... | Andrew | |
| Marilyn Cooper | ... | Woman in Street |
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Brighton Beach Memoirs opened at the Alvin Theater on March 27, 1983 and ran for 1299 performances. moreQuotes:
[Eugene has just seen his first picture of a nude woman]Eugene: I have seen the Golden Palace Of The Himalayas. Puberty is OVER! Onward and upward!
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Blythe Danner and Judith Ivey deliver wonderful performances here as Jonathan Silverman, as Eugene, recounts his life in 1937's Brighton Beach.
What makes the film so good is the relationships among the characters with a backdrop of extremely wonderful family values.
Bob Dishy had a marvelous opportunity here as the father of the clan. He gives a restrained but compelling performance as the patriarch of the family.
His sons played by Jonathan Silverman and Brian Dillinger are fabulous. There are certain scenes when Silverman is skating or hopping where I'm reminded of Jerry Lewis.
As for Danner and Ivey, they too are wonderful. Their mannerisms, intonation and idealism of the Jewish culture are beautifully realized by them.
The cinematography is just wonderful. Beautiful Brighton in 1937! Even as the inevitability of war loomed, the film is rich with many of the typical problems faced by families in that period. In a sense, you don't have to be Jewish to experience what the family is going through.
A must see for nostalgic buffs, and those of us who believe so strongly in family values.