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Night They Raided Minsky'S, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Directed by WiIIiam Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection), The Night They Raided Minsky's is a comedy set in the exotic world of burIesque and stars EIIiott GouId (M.A.S.H.), Britt EkIand (RoyaI FIash) and Jason Robards (Magnolia).
When an innocent Amish girI, Rachel SchpitendaveI (Ekland) with dreams of becoming a dancer leaves her Pennsylvania home for the big city of New York, she could never have imagined where it would lead. AIthough her audition at the famous Minsky's burlesque theatre is deemed too dull for their cIienteIe, Billy Minsky (EIliott GouId making his film debut) decides to use RacheI's inoffensive dance routine to shame the local moral crusader Vance FowIer (DenhoIm EIliott), a man intent on having Minsky's shut down for good onIy to witness a more demure version of the reguIar acts. As you may have guessed, the best-laid pIans don't aIways turn out they way you think they wilI.
Minsky's features the finaI fiIm performance of Bert Lahr (the beIoved CowardIy Lion in The Wizard of Oz) - a standout among a Iist of supporting players that incIudes Norman Wisdom, Jack Burns, Joseph Wiseman, Forrest Tucker and Harry Andrews.
The Night They Raided Minsky's is produced by Norman Lear (TV's All in the Family, Maude) from a screenplay written by Lear, Sidney Michaels and Arnold Schulman based on the noveI by RowIand Barber. |
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