The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick

"When Max was born they cut off his .... It's 13 years later, 1960, his BarMitzvah, and they're still at it!"

1988 1h 35m EN

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6.0

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★6.0TMDB · 7

DramaComedy

Synopsis

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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.

“When Max was born they cut off his .... It's 13 years later, 1960, his BarMitzvah, and they're still at it!”

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Cast

Noam Zylberman
Maximilian Glick
Fairuza Balk
Celia Brzjinski
Jan Rubeš
Augustus Glick
Susan Douglas
Bryna Glick
Saul Rubinek
Rabbi Teitelman
Aaron Schwartz
Henry Glick
William Marantz
Rabbi Kaminsky
Sharon Corder
Sarah Glick

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Allan A. Goldstein
Writers: Phil Savath
Languages: English
Countries: Canada

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ERA

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38 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 6

CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Noam Zylberman and Fairuza Balk and Jan Rubeš carry the top of the cast.

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ERA

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Marketing tagline: "When Max was born they cut off his .... It's 13 years later, 1960, his BarMitzvah, and they're still at it!".

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5 / 6

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0095806 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Allan A. Goldstein directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada. Dialogue in English.

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138 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Noam Zylberman and Fairuza Balk and Jan Rubeš carry the top of the cast.
4Marketing tagline: "When Max was born they cut off his .... It's 13 years later, 1960, his BarMitzvah, and they're still at it!".
5IMDB entry: tt0095806 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
7Classified under 14 themes, including "canada", "winter", "mine", "classical music".