The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1988-09-16
Runtime: 95 minutes
Director: Allan A. Goldstein
Revenue: $317 USD
Top Cast
- Noam Zylberman as Maximilian Glick
- Fairuza Balk as Celia Brzjinski
- Jan Rubeš as Augustus Glick
- Susan Douglas as Bryna Glick
- Saul Rubinek as Rabbi Teitelman
- Aaron Schwartz as Henry Glick
- William Marantz as Rabbi Kaminsky
- Sharon Corder as Sarah Glick
- Ken Zelig as Morris Moskover
- Howard Jerome as Zelig Peikes
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Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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