Lost in Yonkers (1993)

Director:

Martha Coolidge

Writers (WGA):

Neil Simon (play)
Neil Simon (screenplay)

Release Date:

14 May 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

In the summer of 1942 two young boys are sent to stay with their stern grandmother Kurnitz and their childlike aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York. |

Plot Keywords:

Grandmother | Yonkers New York | Aunt | 1940s | New York

Cast

Richard Dreyfuss	...	Louie Kurnitz
Mercedes Ruehl	...	Bella Kurnitz
Irene Worth	...	Grandma Kurnitz
Brad Stoll	...	Jay
Mike Damus	...	Arty
David Strathairn	...	Johnny
Robert Miranda	...	Hollywood Harry (as Robert Guy Miranda)
Jack Laufer	...	Eddie
Susan Merson	...	Gert
Illya Haase	...	Harry's Crony
Calvin Stillwell	...	Gas Station Attendant
Dick Hagerman	...	Truck Driver
Jesse Vincent	...	Danny
Howard Newstate	...	Kid in Store
Peter Gannon	...	Cop

Also Known As:

Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements and mild language.

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Norway:10 | Netherlands:MG6 | USA:PG (certificate #32189) | Australia:PG | Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Germany:6 | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Augusta, Kentucky, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

First film cut on AVID Film Composer.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: Early in the movie when Bella is crossing the street, the movie marquee in the background has the name "Bijou" in the changeable part where the movie titles would/are displayed but above, where the real name of the theater is displayed vertically, it clearly ends in the letter "Y".

Quotes:

Jay: Where would someone like Grandma hide her money?
Arty: You're not thinking of stealing it, are you?
Jay: No, but what if we just borrowed it? I'd just love to send Pop an envelope with $9,000.
Arty: Who would he think sent it to him... God?
Jay: No. He had an uncle in Poland who died. We can say he left the money to Pop in his will.
Arty: Jay, do you think the Germans would let some Jew in Poland send $9,000 to some Jew in Alabama?

Movie Connections:

Features Now, Voyager (1942)

Soundtrack:

Now Voyager

Boring

Go to sleep instead.

What a slow moving movie that offers little to no entertainment.

Why did I bother to get this? I don't know...I struggled to watch this all the way through to the end.

I must have turned this on 7 or 8 times to continue watching it.

Even Richard Drefuss whom I find has great charisma fails to bring to light any interest in this plot.

It's slow and maybe if you were born in the 1940's this might be of interest, but I think this is so dramatically slow that it's bad just for being slow and not bad - if that makes any sense to you.

I'm glad that I had cable TV, otherwise I would have been really bored on a dismal Saturday and Sunday.