The Assistant (1998 film)
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Directed by | Daniel Petrie |
Screenplay by | Daniel Petrie |
Based on | The Assistant by Bernard Malamud |
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Music by | Lawrence Shagge |
Distributed by | Lionsgate Films |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
The Assistant is a 1998 drama film directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Gil Bellows, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Joan Plowright, and Kate Greenhouse. It is based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Bernard Malamud and was also the final theatrical film directed by Petrie before his death in 2004. It follows a young man who finds work at a shop at the turn-of-the-century, and falls in love with the owner's daughter, inflaming deeply religious origins. Filming took place in Toronto.
Cast[]
- Gil Bellows as Frank Alpine
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as Morris Bober
- Joan Plowright as Ida Bober
- Jaimz Woolvett as Ward Minogue
- Frank Moore as Detective Minogue
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Categories:
- 1998 films
- English-language films
- Canadian films
- 1998 drama films
- Films based on American novels
- Films directed by Daniel Petrie
- Canadian drama films
- 1990s Canadian film stubs