A frustrated businessman, Jeffrey Goldman tries to end his hopeless marriage to wife, Ellen by asking his local Rabbi to place a curse on her. The rabbi refuses, but gives Goldman peculiar ...
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Title: Advice and Dissent (2002)
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| Rebecca Pidgeon | ... | Ellen Goldman | |
| John Pankow | ... | Jeffrey Goldman | |
| Eli Wallach | ... | The Rebbe | |
| Reuven Russell | ... | Rabbi Weintraub | |
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Sean Conant | ... | Accident Bystander |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| James DeVoy | ... | Police Officer | |
| Susan Gross | ... | Accident Bystander | |
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Benjamin Small | ... | Fireman |
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Eric Waldo | ... | Accident Bystander |
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A frustrated businessman, Jeffrey Goldman tries to end his hopeless marriage to wife, Ellen by asking his local Rabbi to place a curse on her. The rabbi refuses, but gives Goldman peculiar advice on how to do away with her, setting into motion a series of unexpected events. Written by Ciaran O'Shea
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30 June 2002 (USA) See more »Company Credits
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A small gem from first time director Leib Cohen. John Pankow is a louse of a husband trying to unload wife Rebecca Pidgeon. He goes to his Rabbi (the great Eli Wallach) for help. Wallach obliges (or does he?)
A short film with the the depth of a feature. First rate acting and extremely clever dialogue establish characters in an instant. The production values are first-rate never revealing the film's shoe-string budget. A very entertaining twenty minutes.