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Keeping up with the Steins - Jeremy Piven, Jami Gertz, Daryl Hannah, Scott Marshall
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Movie propaganda
Something's not quite kosher...
Like the young Indian braves of long ago, Benjamin Fiedler (Daryl Sabara) is about to undergo an initiation rite that will take him from boy to man. But rather than face the perils of the hunt, he must endure something far worse - a Bar Mitzvah in Brentwood, California. It's not enough that Benjamin must stand in front of a Temple full of strangers chanting Hebrew, a language he doesn't understand. He must also cope with the efforts of his parents, Adam (Jeremy Piven) and Joanne (Jami Gertz), to splurge on a party-to-end-all-parties, a mega-bash where the Bar is more important than the Mitzvah and a Jewish Star means Neil Diamond.
Above all, the Fiedlers must surpass the Titanic-themed Bar Mitzvah given by Adam's rival agent, Arnie Stein (Larry Miller). With his circus-sized celebration, Arnie has thrown down the gauntlet. For the highly competitive Adam, the war is on! But when Adam's father Irwin (Garry Marshall), now a grey-haired hippie, and his spacey younger girlfriend (Daryl Hannah) arrive in their broken down camper, the Fielders' plans are thrown into disarray. Every family has their own dysfunction and neuroses and the Fiedlers are certainly no exception. Despite this, they ultimately realize that family is the most precious bond that can't be broken (but it can be bent out of shape at times).
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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film comedy Jew Jewish rite-of-passage bar mitzvah party celebration family
Persons of interest
- Jami Gertz .... Joanne Fiedler
- Daryl Hannah .... Sacred Feather/Sandy
- Garry Marshall .... Irwin Fiedler
- Jeremy Piven .... Adam Fiedler
- Doris Roberts .... Rose Fiedler
- Daryl Sabara .... Benjamin Fiedler
- Larry Miller .... Arnie Stein
- Cheryl Hines .... Casey Nudelman
- Richard Benjamin .... Rabbi Schulberg
- Marc John Jefferies .... Tim
- Tom Hines .... Master of Ceremonies
- Carter Jenkins .... Zachary Stein
- Sandra Taylor .... Raylene Stein
- Miranda Cosgrove .... Karen Sussman
- Brittany Robertson .... Ashley Grunwald
- DJ Quik .... Himself
- Sky Bear Aguilar .... Native American Boy
- Jaron Lowenstein .... Cantor Nathan
- Sam Sarpong .... Terrence Smythe
- Bryna Weiss .... Aunt Gladys
- Cynthia Frost .... Aunt Rita
- Neil Diamond .... Himself
- Bill O'Reilly .... Himself
- Mark Zakarin .... Screenwriter
- Scott Marshall .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
- Keeping up with the Steins official movie site
- Keeping up with the Steins film production notes
- Keeping up with the Steins QuickTime movie trailers
- Awards and film festivals:
- *
- Studios and distributors:
- Champion Pictures
Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
You don't have to be Jewish to appreciate Keeping up with the Steins but it certainly would help. And Keeping up with the Steins does need help. It's funny on occasion but generally bland and predictable. It's a suburban kind of movie rather than a hip, urban, edgy kind of flick. It's the type of film that the whole family can watch. It's medium in a well-done/rare kind of world. You can watch it if you like.
The comedy, Jew movie Keeping up with the Steins is directed by Scott Marshall and stars Jeremy Piven, Jami Gertz, Daryl Sabara.
Government security censorship classification
PG (Mild coarse language, mild themes and sexual references)
Surveillance time
90 minutes (1:30 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 2 November 2006
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