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 (1988 film) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Crossing Delancey (play)
castMember Jeroen Krabbé
Reizl Bozyk
Sylvia Miles
cinematographyBy Theo van de Sande
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depictsCommunity New York Jewish community
director Joan Micklin Silver
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy Katherine Wenning
genre romantic comedy
hasCulturalContext North American Jewish community
surface form: 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
surface form: Amy Irving as Isabelle Grossman

Jeroen Krabbé as Anton Maes
Peter Riegert as Sam Posner
Reizl Bozyk as Bubbie
Sylvia Miles as matchmaker
producer Michele Pawk
productionCompany Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: 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 (1988 film)
this entity surface form: Crossing Delancey (play)
Crossing Delancey (1988 film) basedOn Crossing Delancey (1988 film) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Crossing Delancey
this entity surface form: Crossing Delancey (play)