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User Rating:
6.8/10   908 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Mordecai Richler (novel)
Lionel Chetwynd (adaptation)
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Release Date:
11 April 1974 (Canada) more
Genre:
Tagline:
There's a little bit of Duddy Kravitz in everyone.
Plot:
The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Tiff #9: And so then I saw...
 (From Roger Ebert's Blog. 18 September 2009, 9:11 AM, PDT)

Barney's Version Attracts Dustin Hoffman
 (From EmpireOnline. 27 May 2009, 1:02 AM, PDT)

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Strident, overlong comedy-drama only notable for its breakout star... more (8 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Richard Dreyfuss ... Duddy
Micheline Lanctôt ... Yvette

Jack Warden ... Max

Randy Quaid ... Virgil

Joseph Wiseman ... Uncle Benjy
Denholm Elliott ... Friar
Henry Ramer ... Dingleman
Joe Silver ... Farber
Zvee Scooler ... Grandfather
Robert Goodier ... Calder
Alan Rosenthal ... Lenny (as Allan Rosenthal)
Barry Baldaro ... Paddy

Allan Kolman ... Irwin (as Allan Migicovsky)
Barry Pascal ... Bernie Farber
Susan Friedman ... Linda
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
L'apprentissage de Duddy Kravitz (Canada: French title)
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Runtime:
120 min | Canada:94 min (TV)
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Color:
Color (Pathécolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
According to Richard Dreyfuss, he believed his performance in this film was so bad that his career would be over when it was released. This fear caused him to aggressively pursue the role of Matt Hooper in Jaws (1975). more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Although film is set in early Fifties, in scene immediately following roulette game, logo on Pepsi-Cola sign outside café dates from much later - late Fifties or early Sixties. more
Soundtrack:
Wonder Boy more

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4 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
Strident, overlong comedy-drama only notable for its breakout star..., 30 October 2005
4/10
Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

Critically-lauded, but gloppy-looking, abrasive coming-of-age story about a Jewish kid in 1940's Montreal who hustles his way out of the ghetto. Richard Dreyfuss snuck this in between "American Graffitti" and "Jaws", but his performance is one-note and not very appealing (the film did poor business, and when it premiered on HBO, after Dreyfuss attained success, no one knew where the picture came from). Supporting cast (Jack Warden, Randy Quaid, and Denholm Elliott among them) fair a bit better, but director Ted Kotcheff seems more interested in creating a realistically squalid atmosphere rather than concentrating on building reasonably enjoyable characters. Screenplay by Mordecai Richler, from his own novel, sets up the pieces but provides very little pay-off. *1/2 from ****

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