Joshua Then and Now
Joshua Then and Now is a 1985 Canadian film and a TV mini-series, adapted by Mordecai Richler from his semi-autobiographical novel Joshua Then and Now. James Woods starred as the adult Joshua, Gabrielle Lazure as his wife, and Alan Arkin as Joshua's father. It was directed by Ted Kotcheff who had previously directed Richler's The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz.
Plot
Joshua Shapiro, successful writer and pundit, in a hospital room, seems to have lost his wife and is in the middle of a sex scandal. Compelled to find meaning in his life, he reviews it from his youth to the present day.
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author | Mordecai Richler |
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director | Ted Kotcheff |
editor | Ron Wisman |
genre | comedy-drama |
keywords | bar mitzvah b'nai mitzvah childhood friends embarrass hospital room married present day sex scandal upbringing working class young man |
musicBy | Philippe Sarde |
producer | Robert Lantos |
productionCompany | Alliance Films |
publisher | 20th Century Fox |
recordedAt | Montreal |