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The Frisco Kid
MAL VINCENT'S PICK
Monday, February 24, 7:15 PM
Naro Expanded Cinema
1507 Colley Avenue, Norfolk
Tickets: $10 Limited seating available. Pre-purchase strongly suggested.
In one of Hollywood’s most unusual pairings, Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford co-star as a Polish Rabbi and a gun-slinging outlaw traveling the Wild West, in The Frisco Kid, an offbeat buddy adventure and Western comedy.
Young, inexperienced Rabbi Belinski (Wilder) is dispatched in the mid-1800s to transport a Torah to a new San Francisco synagogue and become its first Rabbi. Alone on the frontier, the clueless immigrant is conned, robbed, and threatened, until a bank robber with a heart of gold (Ford, in a role meant for John Wayne) takes pity on the poor schlemiel.
Initially dismissed by critics, this bighearted folktale is now considered an essential Jewish movie for its delicate blend of ethnic humor, religious sensitivity, and winning performances. Sporting a wild beard, weird accent, and twinkle in his eyes, Wilder evokes his own unique brand of lovable naiveté and fish-out-of-water slapstick.
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Monday, February 24, 2020 7:15 PM EST