Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Next Stop, Greenwich Village is a 1976 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Mazursky, featuring Lenny Baker, Shelley Winters, Ellen Greene, Lois Smith, and Christopher Walken.
| Next Stop, Greenwich Village | |
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| Directed by | Paul Mazursky |
| Written by | Paul Mazursky |
| Produced by | Paul Mazursky Anthony Ray |
| Starring | Lenny Baker Shelley Winters Ellen Greene Lois Smith Christopher Walken |
| Cinematography | Arthur J. Ornitz |
| Edited by | Richard Halsey |
| Music by | Bill Conti Dave Brubeck Quartet |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,060,000 (US/ Canada)[1] |
Plot edit
The film takes place in 1953. Larry Lipinsky is a 22-year old Jewish man from Brownsville in Brooklyn, New York, with dreams of stardom. He moves to Greenwich Village, much to the chagrin of his extremely overprotective mother. Larry ends up hanging out with an eccentric bunch of characters while waiting for his big break. He has a group of tight-knit friends, which includes a wacky girl named Connie; Anita, an emotionally distraught woman who constantly contemplates suicide; Robert, a young WASP who fancies himself a poet; and Bernstein, an African-American gay man. All the while, he tries to maintain a stormy relationship with Sarah, his girlfriend. This band of outsiders becomes Larry's new family as he struggles as an actor and works toward a break in Hollywood.
Cast edit
- Lenny Baker as Larry Lapinsky
- Shelley Winters as Fay Lapinsky
- Ellen Greene as Sarah
- Lois Smith as Anita
- Christopher Walken as Robert (as Chris Walken)
- Antonio Fargas as Bernstein
- Mike Kellin as Ben Lapinsky
- Lou Jacobi as Herb
- Dori Brenner as Connie
- Jeff Goldblum as Clyde Baxter
- Rashel Novikoff as Mrs. Tupperman
- Michael Egan as Herbert Berghof, Acting Coach
- Bill Murray (uncredited) as Nick Kessler
- Joe Spinell as Cop At El Station
- Stuart Pankin (uncredited) as Man At Party
- Vincent Schiavelli (uncredited) as Man At Rent Party
- Rochelle Oliver as Dr. Marsha
Production edit
Filmmaker Mazursky had made his acting debut in Stanley Kubrick's 1953 film Fear and Desire, and Next Stop, Greenwich Village is a semi-autobiographical account of Mazursky's early life as an actor.
The film was entered into the 1976 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Paul Mazursky discusses the making of this film in an interview published in Filmmakers Newsletter April, 1976, Volume 9, Number 6, pp. 30ff by Nicholas Pasquariello
Casting edit
This film is also notable for being Bill Murray's first film, with Murray having a few minutes of screen time. Jeff Goldblum and Christopher Walken (credited as Chris Walken) were early in their careers.
Reception edit
The film generally was well received by critics. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a "fresh" score of 86% based on 21 reviews.[3]
References edit
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p233. Please note figures are rentals accruing to distributors and not total gross.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Next Stop, Greenwich Village". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- ^ "Next Stop, Greenwich Village". Rotten Tomatoes.
External links edit
- Next Stop, Greenwich Village at IMDb
- Next Stop, Greenwich Village at the TCM Movie Database
- Next Stop, Greenwich Village at AllMovie