2008
November 2008
Wednesday 5 November 2008
Wed 5 Nov. 1001 Watertown Street, West Newton, 02465. Sara Rubin, 617-244-9899, info@bjff.org. Boston Jewish Film Festival - [events]
Wednesday, November 5 Opening Night Event Boston Premiere of The Deal, starring William H. Macy, Meg Ryan, LL Cool J and Elliot Gould. Preceded by a special musical performance by Rob Tannenbaum and David Fagin of GOOD FOR. MORE» 7:30 pm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The Deal Boston Premiere In person: Director Steven Schachter Actor William H. Macy shows his leading man and screenwriter chops in this riotous Hollywood send-up. A serious script about the life of Jewish British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli morphs into an action flick with an African American star (LL Cool J) recently converted to Judaism. Macy plays a cynical producer. Meg Ryan as a studio “suit” is Hepburn to his Tracy. Also starring Jason Ritter, and, as an unforgettable Hollywood rabb