Crossing Delancey

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Crossing Delancey is a 1988 romantic comedy film about a modern New York woman torn between her independent lifestyle and the traditional matchmaking of her Jewish grandmother.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
romantic comedy film
basedOn Crossing Delancey (1988 film)
surface form: Crossing Delancey (play)
characterPortrayed Amy Irving as Isabelle Grossman
Jeroen Krabbé
surface form: Jeroen Krabbé as Anton Maes

Peter Riegert as Sam Posner
Reizl Bozyk as Bubbie Kantor
Sylvia Miles as Hannah Mandelbaum
cinematographyBy Theo van de Sande
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Joan Micklin Silver
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
editor Katherine Wenning
filmingLocation New York City
genre comedy film
romantic comedy
hasTitle Crossing Delancey self-link
mainCharacter Isabelle Grossman
medium feature film
musicBy Paul Chihara
narrativeFocus romantic choices influenced by family and tradition
notableFor portrayal of contemporary Jewish life on New York's Lower East Side
originalLanguage English
playwrightOfSourceWork Susan Sandler
plotSummary A modern New York woman is torn between her independent lifestyle and the traditional matchmaking efforts of her Jewish grandmother.
producer Morton Gottlieb NERFINISHED
productionCompany Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
protagonistOccupation bookstore employee
releaseDate 1988-09-16
releaseDecade 1980s
releaseYear 1988
runtimeMinutes 97
screenwriter Susan Sandler
setting Lower East Side
Manhattan
New York City
starred Amy Irving
Jeroen Krabbé
Peter Riegert
Reizl Bozyk
Sylvia Miles
targetAudience adult
theme Jewish American identity
clash between tradition and modernity
romantic relationships

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Amy Irving notableWork Crossing Delancey
Joan Micklin Silver notableWork Crossing Delancey
Joan Micklin Silver directed Crossing Delancey
Joan Micklin Silver wroteScreenplayFor Crossing Delancey
Crossing Delancey hasTitle Crossing Delancey self-link