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Brighton Beach Memoirs is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon. The play is a coming-of-age comedy focused on the main character of Eugene Morris Jerome, a Jewish teenager from a Polish immigrant family. It is set in September 1937 in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, New York during The Great Depression.
Dec 25, 1986 · A comedy film based on Neil Simon's play about a Jewish boy's coming-of-age in 1937 Brooklyn. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, and more on IMDb.
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Brighton Beach Memoirs is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Gene Saks, written by Neil Simon, and starring Jonathan Silverman and Blythe Danner.
Jan 1, 2001 · Set in the 1930s amidst the backdrop of the Great Depression, Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon weaves a captivating tale of a working-class Jewish family, the Jeromes, as they navigate the challenges of life, love, and dreams in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach.
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Ebert criticizes the movie adaptation of Neil Simon's play as too polished and safe, lacking the vitality and passion of the stage version. He compares the film to his own memories of adolescence and to Saul Bellow's introduction to a novel.
Watchlist. Eugene Jerome (Jonathan Silverman) is a Jewish teen living in an unusually hectic Brooklyn, N.Y., household. His father (Bob Dishy) works two jobs, his mother (Blythe Danner) is a ...
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Brighton Beach Memoirs. Set in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, New York in September 1937 during The Great Depression, this coming-of-age comedy focuses on Eugene Morris Jerome, a Polish-Jewish American teenager who experiences puberty, sexual awakening, and a search for identity as he tries to deal with his family. Cast List:
