Special thanks to Dyan Dyttmer for her recommendation!
CAST
Amy Irving as Isabelle Grossman
Peter Riegert as Sam Posner
Reizl Bozyk as Bubbie Kantor
Jeroen Krabbe as Anton Maes
Sylvia Miles as Hannah Mandelbaum
George Martin as Lionel
John Bedford Lloyd as Nick
Claudia Silver as Cecilia Monk
David Hyde Pierce as Mark
Rosemary Harris as Pauline Swift
Suzzy Roche as Marilyn Cohen
Amy Wright as Ricki
Faye Grant as Candyce
Deborah Offner as Karen
Kathleen Wilhoite as Myla Bondy
Best lines:
“Is he married?”
“Separated. Very separated.”
“Is that like very divorced without all the messy paperwork?” Tess and Izzy.
“Give your mouth a rest, it’ll thank you.” Bubbie to Hannah.
“You want to catch the wild monkey, you climb the tree.” Bubbie giving advice to Sam.
“You’re a nice guy.”
“What a thing to say.” Izzy and Sam.
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1987’s Moonstruck, which stars Cher and Nicholas Cage.
Did you know?
Amy was the subject of a running joke in the comic book E-Man. One of the supporting characters, Teddy Q, a koala, was in love with her.
Peter made his big-screen debut as a frat brother in National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978).
Related sites: The Art Of Amy Irving--a heartfelt fansite with a thoughtful introductory and commentaries on each of Amy's films.
Future flicks:
Look for Amy in this year’s 13 Conversations About One Thing and in 2002’s Tuck Everlasting.
Peter can be found on the small screen this year in Bojangles, The Beast and Bleacher Bums.
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