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The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1990)
The early 1960s: In preparation for his Bar Mitzvah, a Jewish boy, Max Glick (Noam Zylberman) 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 humour. The town's rabbi dies, and a sub-plot develops in which Max's father (Aaron Schwartz) and grandfather (Jan Rubes)-both 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, Max likes a Catholic girl (14 year old Fairuza Baulk in just her third film), whom he later competes with in a piano competition. The quirky, fun-loving rabbi tries to help him with his problems, yet harbours a secret ambition of his own.
Filmed in Winnipeg and rural Beausejour, Manitoba, Canada.
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The early 1960s: In preparation for his Bar Mitzvah, a Jewish boy, Max Glick (Noam Zylberman) 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 humour. The town's rabbi dies, and a sub-plot develops in which Max's father (Aaron Schwartz) and grandfather (Jan Rubes)-both 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, Max likes a Catholic girl (14 year old Fairuza Baulk in just her third film), whom he later competes with in a piano competition. The quirky, fun-loving rabbi tries to help him with his problems, yet harbours a secret ambition of his own. Filmed in Winnipeg and rural Beausejour, Manitoba, Canada.
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Genre:Drama, Comedy
Written By:Phil Savath
In Theaters:1/19/1990
Box Office:$317
Runtime:95 minutes
Studio:Southgate Entertainment, ONF | NFB
Cast
Allan A. Goldstein
Director
Noam Zylberman
Maximilian Glick
Fairuza Balk
Celia Brzjinski
Jan Rubeš
Augustus Glick
Susan Douglas
Bryna Glick
Saul Rubinek
Rabbi Teitelman
Aaron Schwartz
Henry Glick
William Marantz
Rabbi Kaminsky
Sharon Corder
Sarah Glick
Ken Zelig
Morris Moskover
Howard Jerome
Zelig Peikes
Alec McClure
Sandy Lubchuk
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