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Yentl was successful at the box office, opening at number 5 at the US box office upon its limited-release weekend and stayed in the top 10 for 9 weeks, peaking at number three, in its third week. The film went on to gross more than $40,218,899 at the US and Canadian box office on a budget of $12 million, and was amongst the top 20 highest-grossing films of the year at the box office.
Yentl: Directed by Barbra Streisand. With Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving, Nehemiah Persoff. A Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.
- (16K)
- Drama, Musical, Romance
- Barbra Streisand
- 1984-01-06
But the middle 100 minutes of the movie are charming and moving and surprisingly interesting. A lot of the charm comes from the cheerful high energy of the actors, not only Streisand (who gives her best performance) but also Mandy Patinkin, as her long-suffering roommate, and Amy Irving, as the girl Patinkin loves and Streisand marries.
When Yentl's father dies, she still has a strong desire to learn about her faith -- so she disguises herself as a male, enrolls in a religious school, and unexpectedly finds love along the way. Barbra Streisand. Director, Screenplay. Isaac Bashevis Singer. Author.
Yentl. PG Released Dec 9, 1983 2h 14m Musical CTA List. 69% Tomatometer 78 Reviews 75% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings. Rebbe Mendel is a single father who teaches the Talmud, a sacred text of Judaism ...
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- Barbra Streisand
- PG
- Barbra Streisand
Feb 27, 2003 · Terry Wells. Props. Jeff Werner. Post-Production Associate. Alan Whibley. Special Effects. Barbara Streisand stars in and directs Yentl (1983) based on Isaac Bashevis Singer's story of a Jewish girl who passes as a boy to study the Torah. Intro Aired: Aug 2018.
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Stub Yentl is a 1983 American romantic musical drama film directed, co-written, co-produced by, and starring American entertainer Barbra Streisand. It is based on Isaac Bashevis Singer's short story "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy".[2] The film incorporates humor and music to tell the story of an Ashkenazi Jewish girl in Poland who decides to dress and live like a boy so that she can receive an ...
