Snow In August (2001)
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A boy learning the lessons of the Torah wonders if they can be used to avenge an attack on his best friend in this drama based on the novel by Pete Hamill. Michael (Peter Tambakis) is an 11-year-old boy growing up in an Irish Catholic neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1947. While looking for a place to… More A boy learning the lessons of the Torah wonders if they can be used to avenge an attack on his best friend in this drama based on the novel by Pete Hamill. Michael (Peter Tambakis) is an 11-year-old boy growing up in an Irish Catholic neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1947. While looking for a place to get out of the weather in the midst of a freak snowstorm, Michael meets Judah Hirsch (Stephen Rea), a rabbi from Czechoslovakia, and the two become unlikely friends. Judah fascinates Michael with tales from Jewish folklore, and Michael gives Judah a crash course in the finer points of baseball. But not everyone in Michael's neighborhood is as open-minded as he is, and Judah is attacked by a gang of anti-Semitic toughs. As Judah's life lies in the balance, Michael wonders if Judah's tales of magic and mysticism might hold a key to getting justice for his friend. Snow in August also features Lolita Davidovich as Michael's mother. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Richard Friedenberg
- Genres
- Drama, Faith & Spirituality
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 12, 2001 Wide
- Studio
- Showtime Networks Inc.
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Cast
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Stephen Rea
as Rabbi Judah Hirsch
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Lolita Davidovich
as Kate Devlin
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Harvey Berger
as Mr. G.
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Howard Bilerman
as Mr. Edelbaum
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Tony Calabretta
as Costello
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Claudia Ferri
as Leah
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Michel Perron
as Priest
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Kent McQuaid
as Falcon
- Peter Tambakis
- Adam Macdonald
- Derrick Reeve
- Jack Daniel Wells
- Jase Blankfort
- Jonathan Koensgen
- Peter Anthony Tambakis
