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The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

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The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
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PG,2hrs 0min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Released:
January 1, 1974
Director:
Ted Kotcheff
Distributor:
Alliance Films
Starring:
Richard Dreyfuss, Micheline Lanctôt, Jack Warden  ...more
Synopsis: Richard Dreyfuss put himself on the map with his performance in this movie about how ambition and greed can drive someone at the expense of his own happiness. Duddy Kravitz (Dreyfuss) is an 18-year-old Jewish kid from Montreal whose mother is dead, and whose father drives a cab and does a little pimping on the side to pay the bills and send Duddy's older brother to medical school. Duddy has bigger dreams, and he does everything from producing films of bar mitzvahs to attempting to buy real estate ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Betzold, AMG Review
This 1974 film established Richard Dreyfuss as a comic star, and it contains his most compelling performance. Directed by Ted Kotcheff from a screenplay by Mordecai Richler based on his own semi-autobiographical novel, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz showcases Dreyfuss as a young Jewish man growing up in Montreal after World War II. Driven by a need to be "somebody," the hero stumbles into various ... Full Review
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