Crossing Delancey (1988)

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

Director:

Joan Micklin Silver

Writers:

Susan Sandler (screenplay by), Susan Sandler (based on her original play)

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

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Isabelle and Bubbie are sitting on a park bench waiting to meet the wedding broker, there is a shot of a bag beside Bubbie on the ground to her right. The white bag has "Humphrey / Muskie" written on it. They were the Democratic ticket for 1968, twenty years before this movie was released.

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Goofs

The synopsis of Anton's new book, visible when he signs an autograph, is clearly a summary of the story of this film (or the original play), mentioning Isabelle, her job, her grandmother, etc. If that was indeed the story of that book, Isabelle would have had some stern comments for Anton when she read it.

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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 At the Movies: Pretty Woman/Blind Fury/A Shock to the System/The Fourth War/Lambada (1990)

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Soundtracks

Pounding
Written by Terre Roche and Suzzy Roche
Performed by The Roches

User Reviews

The S E C O N D Best Date Movie of all time!

PERSONAL NOTE: I saw this in the movie theater at University Square Mall in Tampa Florida, around Christmas of 1988.

On to the review...

Being that the first best date movie is 'When Harry Met Sally', this flick is a STRONG second. It moves along at an unhurried pace, we see the conflict Amy Irving's character faces, Peter Riegert as always delivers, the supporting cast is great, and we enjoy a nice dose of 'The Jewish Grandma'.

The pace and "feel" of this movie is near perfect.

Also, it's interesting that BOTH "Crossing" and "Harry" use the tune "It Had To Be You" in them.

AT LAST!!! IT'S Available IN DVD!!!!

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French Hebrew Yiddish

Release Date:

16 September 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

Crossing Delancey

Filming Locations:

Provence Restaurant, 38 MacDougall Street, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$46,711, 28 August 1988

Gross USA:

$16,262,415

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$16,262,415

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1