Crossing Delancey (1988 film)

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Crossing Delancey (1988 film) is a romantic comedy about a modern New York woman torn between her independent lifestyle and the traditional matchmaking of her Jewish family on the Lower East Side.

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instanceOf 1988 American film
romantic comedy film
basedOn Crossing Delancey (play)
castMember Jeroen Krabbé
Reizl Bozyk
Sylvia Miles
cinematographyBy Theo van de Sande
countryOfOrigin United States
depictsCommunity New York Jewish community
director Joan Micklin Silver
distributor Warner Bros.
editedBy Katherine Wenning
genre romantic comedy
hasCulturalContext American Jewish culture
hasFormat theatrical release
hasTitleType film
leadActor Amy Irving
Peter Riegert
mainCharacter Isabelle Grossman
medium feature film
musicBy Paul Chihara
narrativeFocus family matchmaking
romantic choice
originalLanguage English
playwrightOfSource Susan Sandler
portrays Amy Irving as Isabelle Grossman
linked to: Amy Irving

Jeroen Krabbé as Anton Maes
Peter Riegert as Sam Posner
Reizl Bozyk as Bubbie
Sylvia Miles as matchmaker
producer Michele Pawk
productionCompany Warner Bros.
protagonistOccupation bookstore employee
releaseDate 1988-09-16
releaseDecade 1980s
releaseYear 1988
runtimeMinutes 97
screenwriter Susan Sandler
settingLocation Lower East Side
Manhattan
New York City
theme Jewish American identity
conflict between independence and tradition
modern romance
timePeriodOfSetting 1980s

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Amy Irving portrayedIn Crossing Delancey (1988 film)
Joan Micklin Silver notableWork Crossing Delancey (1988 film)
Crossing Delancey basedOn Crossing Delancey (play)
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Crossing Delancey basedOn Crossing Delancey (play)
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