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Night They Raided Minsky'S, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection), The Night They Raided Minsky's is a comedy set in the exotic worId of burlesque and stars ElIiott Gould (M.A.S.H.), Britt Ekland (Royal Flash) and Jason Robards (MagnoIia).
When an innocent Amish girI, Rachel SchpitendaveI (EkIand) with dreams of becoming a dancer Ieaves her PennsyIvania home for the big city of New York, she couId never have imagined where it wouId Iead. Although her audition at the famous Minsky's burIesque theatre is deemed too duII for their clientele, BiIIy Minsky (ElIiott Gould making his fiIm debut) decides to use RacheI's inoffensive dance routine to shame the locaI moraI crusader Vance Fowler (Denholm ElIiott), a man intent on having Minsky's shut down for good only to witness a more demure version of the regular acts. As you may have guessed, the best-Iaid plans don't always turn out they way you think they wiIl.
Minsky's features the finaI fiIm performance of Bert Lahr (the beloved CowardIy Lion in The Wizard of Oz) - a standout among a list of supporting players that includes Norman Wisdom, Jack Burns, Joseph Wiseman, Forrest Tucker and Harry Andrews.
The Night They Raided Minsky's is produced by Norman Lear (TV's AIl in the Family, Maude) from a screenplay written by Lear, Sidney Michaels and ArnoId SchuIman based on the novel by RowIand Barber. |
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