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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 9780780029392
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0780029399
Label: Homevision
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageYiddishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Homevision
MPN: PMIDHES020D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Homevision
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 21, 2004
Running Time: 90 minutes
Studio: Homevision
Theatrical Release Date: 1975
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Product Description:
A Russian immigrant prides himself on the way hes molded himself into a real yankee in the USA though he lives in a neighborhood almost exclusively populated by other Jewish immigrants. When his wife finally arrives she has a lot of assimilating to do. Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 12/21/2004 Starring: Carol Kane Doris Roberts Run time: 90 minutes
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Hester Street is a delightfully quaint film about the assimilation of Jewish immigrants in America in the late 1800s. Steven Keats is Jake, a self-made Yankee who has shaved his beard and side curls in favor of an updated look. An émigré from Russia, Jake's been living in New York's Lower East Side for five years, taking up with a new woman and earning enough money to support his dance hall ways. To his dismay, his wife, Gitl (played charmingly by Carol Kane), and son, Yossele, join him from the Old World. Jake is embarrassed by his wife, who retains her religious ways, wearing the wigs and scarves that tradition dictates. In turn, Gitl is distraught over the changes in Jake, who insists on calling their son Joey and trying to modernize them both.
Those used to Kane as a comedian will be surprised at her quiet performance in this simple period piece, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award®. Her story, though, is compelling, and in the end, immensely satisfying. The black and white film is rough around the edges--microphones in shots, occasional poor sound--but Hester Street nonetheless offers an engaging look at another time and a completely different way of life. --Jenny Brown
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One of the best movies ever made. Wonderful look at life in the Lower East Side during the massive immigration waves. I've watched the movie several times over the years. I bought it for my granddaughter, so we can watch it together.
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Hester Street tells the poignant story of Eastern European Jews and the different ways they coped with assimilation to American ways when they arrived in this country at the last turn of the century. The acting is magnificent and the sets were remarkably well done for a comparatively low budget film. The cinematography impressed me and the choreography works well, too. The plot moves along at a somewhat leisurely pace but despite all that I was never once bored; the character development is excellent ... Read More
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I always look for movies that inspire people to treasure our Jewish heritage.
This is one of those films. It shows those that preferred the easy way out -- assimilation, and those that chose to stay true to our roots. This is exactly how it's been happening throughout the Jewish history in exile, and this is exactly what happened here. History repeats itself and this movie is a perfect example of people that gained absolutely nothing by assimilating into the American melting pot.
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This film deserves five stars for a few reasons. As long as you take it for what it is -- an engaging story, quite non-Hollywood, made on a small budget -- it provides many pleasant surprises. Two scenes were particularly memorable to me, one involving a marriage proposal and the other a religious divorce ceremony. Each was understated, yet every word and gesture was laden with meaning, in an almost Jane Austen manner.
But what really stood out to me is the way the film defies the usual ... Read More
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Joan Micklin Silver's directorial debut is a lovely, funny, warm, and observant historical drama-comedy about Jewish immigrants who left the little shtetl in Russia in the end of the 19th century for the hopes of better life and success in America. The film tells the story of a young couple, Jake (Steven Keats) and Gitl (Carol Kane). The husband came to Lower East End of Manhattan five years before his family and has gladly accepted American way of life making transition from Yankel to a Yankee, losing his ... Read More
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