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A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.
Theatrical
Oct 5, 1990
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 13, 2001
Theaters
1
Director
Barry Levinson
Producers
Barry Levinson, Mark Johnson
Music
Randy Newman
Studio
TriStar Pictures, Baltimore Pictures
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See all →Skepticism About Golf Among Working Class
Ann Kaye
He'll be there! I told you! He said, he wants to take some golf lessons and see how it goes.
Eva Krichinsky
Golf? He's going to play golf?
Sam Krichinsky
That's what I said when I heard. A working person doesn't play golf. It's for people with sweaters and a cap.
Eva Krichinsky
Where does he get such crazy ideas?
The Challenge of Pioneer Living
Eva Krichinsky
Homes? It's too far for homes. Got to be a pioneer, to live out here. You can't get here with a streetcar.
Sam Krichinsky
They can build homes, they can put more streetcar tracks down.
The Concept of Selling Television Time
Eva Krichinsky
How's the new job?
Jules Kaye
It's good. I like it. It's interesting and it's challenging. I like it.
Eva Krichinsky
Selling time. I never heard of such a thing.
Jules Kaye
It's not just time, Ma. It's time for television commercials. Companies buy the time for television commercials, so they can sell their products.
Eva Krichinsky
I hate commercials. But I like the one that the cigarette packs dance. I like that one.
The Effects of Slivovitz Drinking
Gabriel Krichinsky
Oh, boy, could he drink! What was that stuff called he always used to drink?
Sam Krichinsky
]. Slivovitz! He used to call it, "Block and fall." You have one drink of that, you walk one block, and you fall!
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Cast
Full credits →A
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Sam Krichinsky
A
Aidan Quinn
Jules Kaye
E
Elizabeth Perkins
Ann Kaye
J
Joan Plowright
Eva Krichinsky
L
Leo Fuchs
Hymie Krichinsky
L
Lou Jacobi
Gabriel Krichynsky
E
Eve Gordon
Dottie Krik
K
Kevin Pollak
Izzy Kirke
E
Elijah Wood
Michael Kaye
G
Grant Gelt
Teddy Kirke
S
Shifra Lerer
Nellie Krichinsky
M
Mina Bern
Alice Krichinsky
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Neil Kirk
Herbie
R
Ronald Guttman
Simka
R
Rachel Aviva
Elka
R
Ralph Tabakin
Principal Dunn
S
Steve Aronson
Moving Man
P
Paul Quinn
K & K Employee
M
Moishe Rosenfeld
William as a Young Man
M
Michael Edelstein
Gabriel as a Young Man
