The Cemetery Club (1993)

Director:

Bill Duke

Writers (WGA):

Ivan Menchell (play)
Ivan Menchell (screenplay)

Release Date:

3 February 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

This comedy with much Jewish humor is about the widows Doris, Ester and Lucille, who's husbands died one after another in just a few years...

Plot Keywords:

Jewish | Widow | Sitting Shiva | Loss Of Husband | Bridesmaid

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Ellen Burstyn	...	Esther Moskowitz
Olympia Dukakis	...	Doris Silverman
Diane Ladd	...	Lucille Rubin
Danny Aiello	...	Ben Katz
Lainie Kazan	...	Selma
Jeff Howell	...	Paul
Christina Ricci	...	Jessica
Bernie Casey	...	John
Alan Manson	...	Abe Silverman
Sam Schwartz	...	Irving Jacobs
Stephen Pearlman	...	Rabbi
Gene Ray	...	Photographer
Allan Pinsker	...	Mel
Alice Eisner	...	Rene
Hy Anzell	...	Al

Also Known As:

Looking for a Live One

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sensuality and some language.

Runtime:

Netherlands:107 min | UK:102 min | USA:106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Sweden:Btl | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Company:

Down To Earth Productions

Trivia:

The music store used for Moskowitz Music is called Spratt Music, and it is outside of Pittsburgh, in Brentwood, PA. The Moskowitz sign created for the movie is still displayed in the window of the store as of 2000.

Quotes:

Selma: I'm getting married and I want you girls to be there.
Lucille Rubin: We've never missed one of your weddings.

Movie Connections:

Features "I Love Lucy" (1951)

Soundtrack:

Fiesta Criolla

Watchable, enjoyable fluff for grown ups

By grown ups, I don't mean that it's rude. More mature. I had heard that this was a good film, and I had been searching for it for some time, so was delighted to fall over it in a bargain bin locally, and bought it when I probably shouldn't have. However, it did while away a surprisingly long couple of hours, and was a pleasant bit of fluff.

I have a lot of time for Olympia Dukakis and Ellen Burnstein, so I was a bit disappointed that the one was so miserable and the other was a bit dim - OK so she's been married for ever, but she surely didn't live under a stone with her husband? I would have thought that the way she was smuggled into the hotel room made her look more like a prostitute than anything, and I felt sorry for her having to make her way out alone in the morning. Having said that, I was delighted that she reconciled with her new man before the end.

One absolute joy was Selma (Zelma?) who was the perpetual bride, tacky and brash as all get out, but completely lovable.

A nice movie.