Crossing Delancey (1988)

A Manhattan single meets a man through her Jewish grandmother's matchmaker.

Director:

Joan Micklin Silver

Writers:

Susan Sandler (play), Susan Sandler (screenplay)

Stars:

Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, Reizl Bozyk

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Amy Irving	...	Isabelle Grossman
Peter Riegert	...	Sam Posner
Reizl Bozyk	...	Bubbie Kantor
Jeroen Krabbé	...	Anton Maes
Sylvia Miles	...	Hannah Mandelbaum
George Martin	...	Lionel
John Bedford Lloyd	...	Nick
Claudia Silver	...	Cecilia Monk
David Hyde Pierce	...	Mark (as David Pierce)
Rosemary Harris	...	Pauline Swift
Suzzy Roche	...	Marilyn Cohen
Amy Wright	...	Ricki
Faye Grant	...	Candyce
Deborah Offner	...	Karen
Kathleen Wilhoite	...	Myla Bondy

Storyline

Isabelle's life revolves around the New York bookshop she works in and the intellectual friends of both sexes she meets there. Her grandmother remains less than impressed and decides to hire a good old-fashioned Jewish matchmaker to help Isabelle's love-life along. Enter pickle-maker Sam who immediately takes to Isabelle. She however is irritated by the whole business, at least to start with.

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Plot Keywords:

screenplay adapted by author | new york city | judaism | matchmaking | based on play | 

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Taglines:

A funny movie about getting serious.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French Hebrew Yiddish

Release Date:

16 September 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

Izzy et Sam

Filming Locations:

Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$16,262,415

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Anton Maes' apartment building is The Ayslmere, at 60 West 76th Street in Manhattan.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Anton Maes: [People are arriving at an event at a book store. There are sounds of employees greeting them, checking them in, serving champagne. Izzy is collecting empty plastic cups and napkins. She sees a woman put a book from the shelf in her bag, and deftly removes and replaces it. Anton is watching her from across the nook and motions her over. Their eyes lock as she approaches] So, you won't be out of a job.
[He plunks down his cup on her tray]

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Connections

Referenced in Younger: Ladies Who Lust (2016)

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Soundtracks

LUCKY
(End title)
Performed by The Roches
Written by Terre Roche and David Roche

User Reviews

Out of the ordinary romantic comedy that truly captures New York City...

This is my favorite movie of all time with an unbelievable cast of great character actors. I remember a New York reviewer at the time calling Amy Irving's performance "lukewarm" and I could not disagree more. Irving's performance and character epitomize the thirty-something single New York working woman trying to move up in the world. Irving's character is completely enraptured by the experience of being the book manager of a very prestigious uptown neighborhood book store and falls for the good-looking, European writer who is completely enraptured with himself! Riegert is the nice "pickleman" who any girl knows would make a great husband but the fireworks just don't go off for the girl. Any woman can definitely relate to the dilemma of being attracted to the charming, good-looking rogue but when you get right down to it, it is the everyday "picklemen" who stay true and truly make the world go round.

And I must say that this film captures the city better than any movie I have yet to see complete with crazy singing woman in crowded narrow hot dog joint, midage man struggling to play handball in local park, elderly women learning self-defense at community Y. Classic New York stuff! I could go on and on but do note far out performances by Sylvia Miles as the tacky matchmaker and Rosemary Harris, the great English actress, in a cameo near the end.