- Lost in Yonkers (film)
Infobox Film
name = Lost in Yonkers
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director =Martha Coolidge
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writer =Neil Simon
starring =Richard Dreyfuss Mercedes Ruehl Irene Worth Brad Stoll Mike Damus David Strathairn
music =Elmer Bernstein
cinematography =Johnny E. Jensen A. Troy Thomas
editing =Steven Cohen
distributor =Columbia Pictures
released =USA 14 May 1993 Argentina 21 October 1993
nowrap|Australia 18 November 1993 Spain 14 January 1994 Sweden 29 April 1994 UK 17 June 1994 France 20 July 1994
runtime = 114 min.
country = USA
language = English
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gross = US$9.3 million
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imdb_id = 107443"Lost in Yonkers" is a
1993 film film adaptation of theNeil Simon play of the same name, directed byMartha Coolidge with stars,Irene Worth ,Mercedes Ruehl , andRichard Dreyfuss .Plot synopsis
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coming of age tale, "Lost in Yonkers" focuses on brothers Arty and Jay, who are left in the care of their Grandma Kurnitz and Aunt Bella inYonkers, New York by their desperate father Eddie, who needs to work as a traveling salesman to pay off debts incurred following his wife's death. Grandma is a severe, frightfully intimidatingimmigrant who terrified her children as they were growing up, damaging each of them to varying degrees. Bella is a sweet but mentally slow and highly excitable woman who longs to marry an usher at the local movie house so she can escape the oppressive household and create a life and family of her own. Her brother Louie is a small-time, tough-talking hoodlum who is on the lam, while her sister Gert suffers from a breathing problem with causes more psychological than physical. Missing much of the sentimentality of the plays comprising Simon's earlierEugene Trilogy , "Lost in Yonkers" climaxes with a dramatic confrontation between bitter mother and lonely daughter that creates a permanent fissure in this highly dysfunctional family.Broadway play
After eleven previews, the Broadway production, directed by
Gene Saks , opened onFebruary 21 1991 at theRichard Rodgers Theatre , where it ran for 780 performances. The original cast includedIrene Worth ,Mercedes Ruehl ,Kevin Spacey .References
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