The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
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Director Allan A. Goldstein Screenplay Phil Savath Duration Language English | 7/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Drama, Music Story by Morley Torgov Country Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1988 Based on The Outside Chance of Maximilian
by Morley Torgov Writer Phil Savath (screenplay), Morley Torgov (based on the novel by) Cast Noam Zylberman (Maximilian Glick), Fairuza Balk (Celia Brzjinski), Jan Rubes (Augustus Glick), Susan Douglas Rubes (Bryna Glick), Saul Rubinek (Rabbi Teitelman), Aaron Schwartz (Henry Glick)Similar movies The Oxbow Cure , Picture of Light , Ghostkeeper Tagline When Max was born they cut off his .... It's 13 years later, 1960, his BarMitzvah, and they're still at it! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick is a 1988 Canadian film based on the novel by Morley Torgov. The movie was filmed in Winnipeg and rural Manitoba.
Plot
The late 1950s: In preparation for his Bar Mitzvah, a Jewish boy from a small Manitoba community with an overbearing family tries to navigate his coming-of-age with his family's condescension and bigotry using his sarcastic, Jewish humor. The town's rabbi dies, and a sub-plot develops in which Max's father and grandfather (synagogue leaders) are saddled with a traditional Hassidic rabbi who sticks out like a sore thumb among the otherwise assimilated Jewish community. To make matters more difficult, he likes a Catholic girl, whom he later competes with in a piano competition. The quirky, fun-loving rabbi tries to help him with his problems, yet harbors a secret ambition of his own.
References
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