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Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983) -- Zee (Karen Black) is walking up and down Manhattan streets, talking to herself and to the husband who has just left her...

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Henry Jaglom (writer)
Release Date:
14 November 1985 (Australia) more
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Zee is walking up and down Manhattan streets, talking to herself and to the husband who has just left her... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Michael Emil ... Eli
Karen Black ... Zee
Michael Margotta ... Larry
Martin Harvey Friedberg ... Mort

Frances Fisher ... Louise
Anna Raviv ... Young Woman At Cafe

Robert Hallak ... Young Man At Cafe
Daniel W. Fitzgerald ... Band Member (as the Lost Wandering Blues Band)
George Bacon ... Band Member (as the Lost Wandering Blues Band)
Joe Price ... Band Member (as the Lost Wandering Blues Band)
William Gross ... Band Member (as the Lost Wandering Blues Band)
Paul Williams ... Zee's Husband
Robert Schwimmer ... Zee's Pianist
Madeline Silver ... Eli's Ex-Wife
Ariela Nicole ... Eli's Daughter
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90 min
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In one scene, a character is seen reading the book "In Praise of the Sensitive Man" by Anais Nin. Nin was a great admirer of Henry Jaglom's work and dedicated part of that book to praising his film A Safe Place (1971). more
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Features The Band Wagon (1953) more
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Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy? more

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unique... plus Karen Black!, 8 April 2003
Author: troy-32 from Chicago, Illinois

"Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?", the story of two lonely misfits in the big city, is charming yet flaky. Unfortunately, the flake outdoes the charm. It is kind of cute to see these two people who can't make connections with other people attempt to make a connection with each other. I suppose it is very true to life in this sense, but it is not very cinematic. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing. At any rate, Karen Black is one of my favorite actresses, and she does uncertainty and neurosis pretty well here. Plus, she has the most amazingly expressive, lovely, evocative singing voice. It is breathtaking in my estimation... She should record gospel music. I think when Karen sings, it is more moving than even Grace Slick. Highest compliment possible.

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