Directed by:
Paul MazurskyScreenplay:
Paul MazurskyCinematography:
Arthur J. OrnitzComposer:
Bill ContiCast:
Lenny Baker, Shelley Winters, Ellen Greene, Lois Smith, Christopher Walken, Antonio Fargas, Dori Brenner, Lou Jacobi, Mike Kellin, Jeff Goldblum, Joe Spinell (more)Plots(1)
Larry Lapinsky (Lenny Baker) is a young man seeking fame and discovering independence in Paul Mazursky's bittersweet comedy set in the 1950's. His mother (Shelley Winters) is distraught when he leaves his traditional family home in Brooklyn and moves to bohemian Greenwich Vilage. As a struggling actor, he gets entangled with a group of free spirits, discovers adult romance and, hardest of all, copes with his overbearing Jewish mother. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Lenny Baker
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Ellen Greene
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Lois Smith
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Antonio Fargas
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Dori Brenner
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Joe Spinell
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Rutanya Alda
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Kandice Stroh
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Denise Galik
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Rochelle Oliver
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Helen Hanft
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