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6 October 1999 (Italy) morePlot:
A lonely, but talented teacher enjoys a flirtation with her married principal, who returns her affections but is hampered by his high-strung wife... more | add synopsisAwards:
4 wins & 12 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Movie Reviews: Judy Berlin (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 25 February 2000)
Independent Spirit Nominees Announced
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 13 January 2000)
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The Neglected Gem of 2000 more (34 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Barbara Barrie | ... | Suzan 'Sue' Berlin | |
| Bob Dishy | ... | Arthur Gold | |
| Edie Falco | ... | Judy Berlin | |
| Carlin Glynn | ... | Maddie | |
| Aaron Harnick | ... | David Gold | |
| Bette Henritze | ... | Dolores Engler | |
| Madeline Kahn | ... | Alice Gold | |
| Julie Kavner | ... | Marie | |
| Anne Meara | ... | Bea | |
| Novella Nelson | ... | Carol | |
| Peter Appel | ... | Mr. V. | |
| Marcia DeBonis | ... | Lisa | |
| Glenn Fitzgerald | ... | Tour guide | |
| Marcus Giamatti | ... | Eddie Dillon | |
| Judy Graubart | ... | Ceil |
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In memory of Madeline Kahn, who died of ovarian cancer, the profits from this film's premiere were donated towards ovarian cancer research. moreSoundtrack:
Serenade No. 10 in B-flat moreFAQ
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This is the neglected gem of last year, and in my estimation the best film of the year.
Think of it as a middle-class Ice Storm, but while the upper-class suburbanites of Ice Storm were too distant and unreal to care about, the middle-class lives depicted in Judy Berlin are very real and both heart-breakingly sad and genuinely funny (without caricature or directorial mocking). I've often heard the phrase laughing through tears, but never experienced it until seeing this film.
The performances are without exception incisive and dead-on. Of particular note: the counterpoint of Aaron Harnick's sad, lost David and the open-faced lifeforce that is Edie Falco's Judy; Barbara Barrie's portrait of a loving schoolteacher -- with an edge; Bob Dishy's sullen and conflicted Arthur, among the most subtle work in this usually comic actor's long career; and Madelyn Kahn in her final film role, touching and hilarious (as always) as a housewife on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Her scene when she encounters her psychiatrist while aimlessly wandering the streets during the eclipse, and manages to offer him words of comfort, is the film's defining moment -- a film of beautifully etched characters behaving in very real yet very surprising ways in moments of conflict filled with shades of gray.
Speaking of which, the film is shot brilliantly in black and white to point up both the beauty and the horror of this suburban landscape.
However did this film languish on a shelf for two years? If film scripts were eligible for Pulitzer Prizes, Eric Mendelsohn's would have surely been a contender.