Reuben, Reuben
Reuben, Reuben is a 1983 comedy-drama film directed by Robert Ellis Miller and starring Tom Conti, Kelly McGillis (in her film debut), Roberts Blossom, Cynthia Harris, and Joel Fabiani.
Plot
Gowan McGland (Tom Conti) is a creatively blocked Scottish poet who ekes out a day-to-day existence by exploiting the generosity of strangers in an affluent Connecticut suburb, where he recites his verse to various arts groups and women's clubs. Gowan is something of a leech, cadging expensive dinners from well-off patrons (usually stealing the tips afterward) while seducing their bored wives and affecting a superior attitude toward the smug bourgeois types he exploits.
More details
author | Julius J. Epstein |
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contentLocation | Connecticut |
director | Robert Ellis Miller |
editor | Skip Lusk |
events | suicide |
genre | comedy-drama |
keywords | bar fight bourgeois college student dental care denture lose old english sheepdog pet dog steal suburb tape recorder turn |
musicBy | Billy Goldenberg |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay |
producer | Walter Shenson |
productionCompany | Taft Broadcasting Company |
publisher | AFI Catalog of Feature Films Searchlight Pictures |