The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is a 1974 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring Richard Dreyfuss. It is based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Mordecai Richler.
Plot
Duddy Kravitz is a brash, restless young Jewish man growing up poor in Montreal. His cab driver father Max and his rich uncle Benjy are very proud of Duddy's older brother Lenny, whom Benjy is putting through medical school. Only his grandfather shows the motherless Duddy any attention.
Awards
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| author | Lionel Chetwynd |
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| award | Golden Bear |
| contentLocation | Quebec |
| director | Ted Kotcheff |
| editor | Thom Noble |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | bar mitzvah begin blacklist cab driver college student drive drug mule epilepsy film director french canadians grow up heroin hollywood blacklist hotel employee hotel guest jewish jewish man judaism laurentian mountains medical school older brother paralyze pinball machine resort hotel rich uncle roulette roulette wheel smuggle summer job truck driver wed |
| musicBy | Stanley Myers |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay |
| producer | John Kemeny Toronto Star |
| productionCompany | Astral Media Canadian Film Development Corporation Famous Players |
| publisher | Astral Films |
| recordedAt | Montreal |
| theme | gangster |