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== American Premiere == |
== American Premiere == |
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''Goyband'' will premiere at the Randi and Bruce Pergament Jewish Film Festival in Roslyn, New York. <ref>http://www.sjjcc.org/local_includes/downloads/32845.pdf</ref> |
''Goyband'' will premiere at the Randi and Bruce Pergament Jewish Film Festival in Roslyn, New York. <ref>http://www.sjjcc.org/local_includes/downloads/32845.pdf</ref> |
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In December 2008, Goyband had its international Premiere at the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival. <ref>http://www.jer-cin.org.il/JewishFilmFestival/main.aspx</ref> |
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== [[Cult following]] == |
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Revision as of 02:30, 29 April 2009
| Goyband | |
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| Directed by | Christopher Grimm |
| Written by | Christa McNamee Christopher Grimm |
| Produced by | Christopher J. Scott David Schiavone Red Sky Pictures |
| Starring | Adam Pascal Amy Davidson Natasha Lyonne Tovah Feldshuh Cris Judd |
| Edited by | Glen L. Scott |
| Music by | Dan Bar-Hava |
Release dates | December 13, 2008 |
Running time | 99 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Goyband is a 2008 American comedy film from Goyband LLC, starring Adam Pascal. Called a "gefilte fish out of water tale", this independent film is described as Dirty Dancing meets My Big Fat Greek Wedding with a touch of a hip hop Fiddler on the Roof.
Plot
Fading from the spotlight of his late 90's mega-fame, boy-band icon BOBBY STARR (Adam Pascal) is clinging to days gone by and begging his agent MURRAY to land him a decent gig. ("C'mon, Murray I packed Madison Square Garden, for Chrissake!") What Murray does land for Bobby is a full week headlining the grand opening of the world's first Glatt Kosher hotel-casino, MAZEL HOTEL. (“Bobby, baby, you could be to the Catskills what Engelbert Humperdinck was to Las Vegas.”)
As it turns out, the real force behind Bobby Starr's curious invitation to this “Orthodox otherworld” is the hotel owner's persuasive daughter REBEKKA HERSHENFELD (Amy Davidson), who has harbored a huge crush on Bobby since childhood. Rebekka's world is guided by her arranged betrothal to HAIM (Benjamin Bauman), the son of GRAND RABBI SHEINMAN (Joel Leffert), the powerful Kabbalah Rabbi who is supposed to issue the casino's all-important "Kosher certificate."
Rebekka's only release from the pressures of preparing to be a future Rebitsin (Rabbi's wife) comes from singing along to Bobby's songs with her best friends HANI and FANI (Natasha Lyonne) (in secret, since their religion bars them from singing in public.)
From the moment Bobby arrives at the Mazel hotel, non-stop culture-clash hilarity ensues: his TV goes dark at sundown, his beloved cell phone is confiscated during the Sabbath, his Grey Goose Vodka is replaced with Manischewitz… And all of this is set against the backdrop of an alien world where "Kosher enforcers" drag gamblers from their slot machines at prayer time; late-night “treyf smugglers” sneak non-Kosher contraband like cheeseburgers and fried shrimp into the hotel; and where slot machines display Shofars, Menorahs and David Stars instead of lemons, cherries and dollar signs, and chime 'Hava Nagila' for lucky winners.
Arranging for Bobby Star to play at her father's hotel might have started out as an act of rebellion for Rebekka, but when infatuation blossoms into romance, Bobby offers Rebekka a once-in-a-lifetime ticket to freedom from the constrictive life that threatens to hold her back forever.
American Premiere
Goyband will premiere at the Randi and Bruce Pergament Jewish Film Festival in Roslyn, New York. [1] In December 2008, Goyband had its international Premiere at the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival. [2]
Goyband has become a cult film without many of its fans even having seen the film. The many mentions in the actors/actresses resumes, plus the leaked pictures and above storyline, has stirred up international interest. A fan on Youtube posted a homemade video and song, "Whatever Happened to Goyband?" as a response to the delay in its release. [3]
References
External links
- Official website
- Goyband at IMDb
- Goyband on Reverbnation.com
- Hollywood.com
- Adam Pascal invites fans to be extras in Goyband
- Adam Pascal stars in Goyband
- Tony-Nominees Adam Pascal and Tovah Feldshuh star in feature film Goyband
- Goyband rehearsal on YouTube
- Amy Davidson in Variety
- Lister-Jones Will Return to Little Dog Laughed for End of Broadway Run
- Bobby Starr's MySpace page
- Cris Judd on TMZ.com