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Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986) -- 15-year-old Eugene Jerome is desperately trying to uncover life's mysteries, but his family keeps hiding the clues. Even so, he manages to keep his priorities - baseball and girls - firmly in order.
Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986) -- Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He lives with his parents...
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Overview

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Director:
Gene Saks
Writers:
Neil Simon (play)
Neil Simon (screenplay)
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Release Date:
25 December 1986 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Meet Eugene Jerome and his family, fighting the hard times and sometimes each other. more
Plot:
Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He lives with his parents... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Excellent Movie About Growing up and Family Values more (14 total)

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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs
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Runtime:
108 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Jason Alexander plays one of the men in the pool hall who con Stanley. On Broadway, he played the role of Stanley in the sequel to Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986), Broadway Bound (1992) (TV). more
Quotes:
Kate: I need bread.
Eugene: What?
Kate: I don't have enough bread. Run over to Greenblatt's and get me a fresh rye bread.
Eugene: Again? I just came back from Grennblatt's.
Kate: So You'll go again.
Eugene: I'm always going to the store. When I grow up, that's all I'll be trained to do, go to the store.
Kate: You don't want to go?... Never mind, I'll go.
Eugene: Don't do that! Don't make me feel guilty. I'll go.
Kate: And get a quarter of a pound of butter.
Eugene: I bought a quarter pound of butter this morning. Why don't you buy a half pound at a time?
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Movie Connections:
Followed by Broadway Bound (1992) (TV) more

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Excellent Movie About Growing up and Family Values, 24 April 2006
9/10
Author: Scoval71 from New York, NY

The viewer who said he was disappointed seems to be wildly missing the point here. This is a superb movie, excellent and realistic portrayals of a middle class Jewish family in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, of long ago. The nuances are perfect and I felt the casting of everyone was superior. I especially found the acting done by Judith Ivey just perfection---especially the speech she has with her daughter when the daughter comes home late one night. That scene was Oscar worthy. But, really, all the acting was fine. I recommend this movie. It is a fun, family film and delightful to see how a lovely middle class family lived in Brooklyn so long ago. See it and you will be glad you did. Has some very funny lines and the Eugene character is a real comedian--very funny.

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