Goldstein (1965)
1h 25m
Running Time
May 7, 1965Release Date
Plot.
GOLDSTEIN, the feature film debut of talented director Philip Kaufman, is an early example of American independent filmmaking from the early 1960s. A fable about an old man with an odd effect on those he encounters, the film is a funny, warm-hearted postcard from an important moment in American cinema. GOLDSTEIN, starring veteran character actor Lou Gilbert, shared the Prix de la Nouvelle Critique at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival with Bertolucci’s Before the Revolution. Cinema deity Jean Renoir called the film "the best American film I have seen in 20 years."
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Cast & Crew.
Lou Gilbert
Old Man
Ellen Madison
Sally
Tom Erhart
Sculptor
Charles Fischer
Mr. Nice
Ben Carruthers
Jay
Severn Darden
Doctor
Philip Kaufman
Director
Anthony Holland
Aid
Benjamin Manaster
Director
Benjamin Manaster
Director
Nelson Algren
Himself
Zev Braun
Producer
Meyer Kupferman
Composer
Jack Burns
Truck Driver / Policeman
Jean-Phillippe Carson
Cinematographer
Mike Turro
Guard
Details.
Release DateMay 7, 1965
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 25m
Filming LocationsChicago, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
Goldstein is a 1964 film co-directed by Philip Kaufman and Benjamin Manaster, and produced by Kaufman and Zev Braun.
The cast featured a number of actors from The Second City comedy troupe in a retelling of the story of Elijah. It had earned praise by filmmakers Jean Renoir and François Truffaut (the former called it "the best American film I have seen in 20 years").