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Yentl (1983) 6.6
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Reb Mendel 'Papa'
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Peshe
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Mrs. Kovner
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Sarah
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Dramatization of "Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy," by Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902-1991); originally published in Yiddish c. 1960, then in English c. 1983. The story: In an Ashkenazic shtetl in Poland, Yentl Mendel is the boyishly klutzy daughter and only child of long widowed Rebbe ("Talmud Teacher") Mendel, who teaches Talmud (a codification of Jewish Law) to local boys - and to Yentl, but secretly because girls were not allowed to learn the law in those days. When her father dies, Yentl is all alone in the world. She takes the momentous decision to leave the village and - disguised as a boy and calling herself by the name of her late brother, Anshel - seeks and gets admitted to a Yeshiva, to study the texts, traditions, subtleties and complexities of Torah, Talmud, etc. She befriends Avigdor who is engaged to Haddas, but her family discovers his brother committed suicide so they call off the wedding (in case Avigdor possesses the same madness). Anshel then finds "him"-self in the awkward ... Written by Micheal McLoughlin
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
6 January 1984 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Йентл See more »Box Office
Budget:
$12,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$30,400,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Yentl's Father: You know why.
Yentl/Anshel: I envy them.
Yentl's Father: The booksellers?
Yentl/Anshel: No, not the booksellers, the students. Talking about life, the mysteries of the universe and I'm learning how to tell a herring from a carp.
Yentl's Father: Yentl, for the thousandth time, men and women..."
Yentl/Anshel: [cuts him off] have different obligations, I know, but...
Yentl's Father: [cuts her off] and don't ask why.
Yentl's Father: [sees her disappointment] Go on, get the book.
Yentl/Anshel: Thank you, papa!
[...]
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Music by Michel Legrand
Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Performed by Barbra Streisand
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Amy Irving became the first (and, as of 2011, only) actress to be nominated for an Academy Award and a Razzie for the same performance. She won neither. See more »Goofs
Anshel's suit coat is buttoned as if it were a woman's coat. It's not a flipped shot; Avigdor is wearing a man's coat in the same frame. See more »Quotes
Yentl/Anshel: Why is it that every book I buy, every bookseller has the same old argument?Yentl's Father: You know why.
Yentl/Anshel: I envy them.
Yentl's Father: The booksellers?
Yentl/Anshel: No, not the booksellers, the students. Talking about life, the mysteries of the universe and I'm learning how to tell a herring from a carp.
Yentl's Father: Yentl, for the thousandth time, men and women..."
Yentl/Anshel: [cuts him off] have different obligations, I know, but...
Yentl's Father: [cuts her off] and don't ask why.
Yentl's Father: [sees her disappointment] Go on, get the book.
Yentl/Anshel: Thank you, papa!
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Crazy Credits
At the very end of the closing credits: This film is dedicated to my father... and to all our fathers. See more »Soundtracks
Tomorrow NightMusic by Michel Legrand
Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Performed by Barbra Streisand
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My personal vision of hell is being locked in a room without the ability to close my eyes or block my ears and have this movie play for eternity on every available surface in that room. The whole notion that Streisand plays a boy/man only begins to scratch the surface of how ridiculous a premise this movie is. The single most important thing about watching any movie is the concept of "willing suspension of disbelief" . . . it is impossible to do that in this movie.