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Director: | Richard Fleischer |
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Writer: | Stephen H. Foreman, Herbert Baker |
Staring: |
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. | |
Release Date: | Dec 17, 1980 |
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Director: | Richard Fleischer |
Writer: | Stephen H. Foreman, Herbert Baker |
Genres: | Drama, Romance, Music |
Keywords | tradition |
Production Companies | EMI Films, The Jerry Leider Company |
Box Office |
Revenue: $27,118,000
Budget: $13,000,000 |
Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
Name | Character |
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Neil Diamond | Jess Robin / Yussel Rabinovitch |
Laurence Olivier | Cantor Rabinovitch |
Lucie Arnaz | Molly Bell |
Catlin Adams | Rivka Rabinovitch |
Franklyn Ajaye | Bubba |
Paul Nicholas | Keith Lennox |
Sully Boyar | Eddie Gibbs |
Mike Kellin | Leo |
James Booth | Paul Rossini |
Luther Waters | Teddy |
Oren Waters | Mel |
Rod Gist | Timmy |
Walter Janovitz | Rabbi Birnbaum |
Janet Brandt | Aunt Tillie |
John Witherspoon | M.C. Cinderella Club |
Dale Robinette | Tommy |
David Coburn | Bar Mitzvah Boy |
Judy Gibson | Peg |
Hank Garrett | Police Sergeant |
Ernie Hudson | Heckler |
James Karen | Barney Callahan |
Edward Jahnke | Guard |
Tim Herbert | Technician #1 |
Hugh Gillin | Texas Bartender |
Jill Jaress | Cowgirl |
Victor Paul | Irate Driver |
Uri Frenkel | The Cantor |
Rex Cutter | Semi Driver |
Michael Pasternak | Zany Gray |
Sandy Helberg | Sound Engineer |
Brion James | Man in Bar |
Douglas Nigh | Technician #2 |
Patrick Stansfield | Stage Manager |
Seymour Cassel | Unnamed |
Steve Dash | Policeman |
Billie Perkins | Waitress |
Lev Liberman | Boots (uncredited) |
Name | Job |
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Harry Horner | Production Design |
Stephen H. Foreman | Adaptation |
Isidore Mankofsky | Director of Photography |
Maury Winetrobe | Editor |
Harriet B. Helberg | Casting |
Ken Speed | Special Effects Coordinator |
Chris Howell | Stunt Coordinator |
Spencer Deverell | Art Direction |
Robert De Vestel | Set Decoration |
Ruby R. Levitt | Set Decoration |
Leonard Engelman | Makeup Artist |
Jerry Kerns | Hairstylist |
Christine Lee | Hairstylist |
Richard Fleischer | Director |
Samson Raphaelson | Theatre Play |
Herbert Baker | Screenplay |
Leonard Rosenman | Original Music Composer |
Albert Wolsky | Costume Design |
Daniel C. Striepeke | Makeup Artist |
Name | Title |
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Jerry Leider | Producer |
Joel Morwood | Associate Producer |
Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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2024 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 6 |
2024 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 6 |
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2025 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
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2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Very disappointing. The main character, Jess Robin, is a self-centered and apathetic individual who walks out on his wife (telling her that he would only be gone for two weeks) to pursue a recording contract. He does not return home and instead quickly takes up with his agent, Molly, who he moves in ... with after telling his wife that he no longer wants a life as a canter. He shows no emotion toward her or anything that is meaningful to her. After his father discovers that Jess is living with another woman and is divorcing his wife, his father disowns him. Jess cannot seem to connect with anyone in his life. He expects everyone to accept his choices, joyfully, thinking nothing of how he is destroying the lives of those who love him. Molly discovers that she is pregnant with their child while Jess is abusing everyone around him as he struggles with the rejection of his father. He storms out of the studio and simply disappears for year with no explanation to anyone. A family friend tries to reunite Jess with his father but he appears very reluctant. His father finds forgiveness for Jess when Jess shows him a photograph of his baby boy. He reunites with Molly as if he never abandoned her. She is joined by his father is for Jess's big moment on stage at the end of the film. Very unrealistic story with an unrealistic ending about a typical narcissist who only sees things in terms of how they affect him.