Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)

Director:

Gene Saks

Writers:

Neil Simon (play)
Neil Simon (screenplay)

Release Date:

25 December 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Meet Eugene Jerome and his family, fighting the hard times and sometimes each other.

Plot:

Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He lives with his parents...

Plot Keywords:

Jewish | Adolescent | Baseball | Childhood Memory | Immigrant

Cast

  (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

Also Known As:

Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | UK:15 | Australia:M | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Rastar Pictures

Trivia:

The original Broadway production of "Brighton Beach Memoirs" opened at the Alvin Theater on March 27, 1983 and ran for 1299 performances.

Quotes:

Kate: How many times have I told you not to leave your things around the house?
Eugene: A hundred and nine.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in One True Thing (1998)

Terrific slice of life

This is without a doubt one of Neil Simon's best plays turned movies. It's full of great characters, and memorable dialog. Johnathan Silverman makes a great screen version of young Eugene(he was played by Matthew Broderick on stage).This is the first of Simon's autobiographical trilogy, its followed by the wonderful "Biloxi Blues", and closes with the TV movie "Broadway Bound". If I had to say the movie has any flaws it would maybe be that characters sometimes usually speak in obvious dialog, but that's alright because it's great dialog. Rent this little gem, you won't be sorry!