Hester Street (Blu-ray) PG
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 30 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 17, 2015
- Originally Released: 1975
- Label: Kino Lorber
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Steven Keats & Carol Kane | |
Performer: | Mel Howard, Doris Roberts, Stephen Strimpell & Lauren Frost | |
Directed by | Joan Micklin Silver | |
Edited by | Katherine Wenning | |
Screenplay by | Joan Micklin Silver | |
Cinematography by | Kenneth Van Sickle | |
Produced by | Raphael D. Silver |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3.5/5 --
Neglected piece of history receives atmospheric examination as old customs are replaced by assimilation.
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TV Guide
There is nothing very original about Hester Street except its loveliness.
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New York Times
Joan Micklin Silver displays a sure hand for her first pic.
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Variety
I think Hester Street just gets itself into the 'don't-miss-this-tiny-gem' category. It is most notable for the contrasting beauty and performances of Carol Kane and Dorrie Kavanaugh.
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The Spectator
Hester Street is compromised by preciousness and oversimplification, but it makes a pleasant and efficient entertainment.
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Chicago Reader
A warm, pleasant, and humane film. [Full Review in Spanish]
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El Pais (Spain)
The story is well paced to hold one's interest...
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New York Times
Product Description:
The desire to shed or suppress all traces of one's original culture has been a primal experience of nearly all immigrants; Joan Micklin Silver's adaptation of Abraham Cahan's story makes clear that it's a process edged with pathos. Carol Kane stars as Gitl, an Eastern European Jew who arrives with her child on Ellis Island in 1896 to join her husband, Jake (Stephen Keats). She is surprised to discover that Jake has abandoned the mores of his culture by cutting off his beard and earlocks, and he's adopted the mannerisms of his new country, including a new girlfriend (Dorrie Kavanaugh) who runs a dance hall. Gitl, unwilling to part with traditions so easily, creates a rift in the marriage that is difficult to overcome. Kane, who was nominated for an Oscar, and Micklin Silver, in her directorial debut, collaborate to high-caliber effect in this touching, amazingly painstaking evocation of immigrant life on New York's Lower East Side in the 1890s.