Crossing Delancey
Crossing Delancey is a 1988 American romantic comedy film adapted by Susan Sandler from her play of the same name, and directed by Joan Micklin Silver. It stars Amy Irving and Peter Riegert. The film also features performances from Reizl Bozyk, David Hyde-Pierce, Sylvia Miles and Rosemary Harris. Amy Irving was nominated for a Golden Globe for the film, for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical.
Plot
Isabelle Grossman works for a New York bookstore, where she mingles with the city's literati, whom she idolizes. But outside of work she is lonely and unfulfilled, settling for an occasional night of romance with a married man. When Dutch-American author Anton Maes comes to the bookstore to give a reading, he shows an interest in Isabelle, who is charmed.
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| author | Susan Sandler |
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| director | Joan Micklin Silver |
| editor | Rick Shaine |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | date delancey street intelligentsia lower east side of manhattan marriage broker married man new york city orthodox orthodox jewish orthodox judaism read senile dementia sleep small business wake yiddish |
| musicBy | Paul Chihara |
| producer | Michael Nozik |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| theme | romantic comedy |