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The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz was a classic Canadian novel by Mordecai Richler before expatriate Ted Kotcheff filmed it just as the English-Canadian film industry was starting out. It's a decent adaptation of the book about a young hustler in an ethnic enclave of Montreal. It's particularly notable that this movie was produced independently, and due to its box-office success, it helped revive the struggling Canadian film industry of the early 1970s.
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Duddy Kravitz is an irresistible young Jewish man in 1948 Montreal. Duddy is driven by an insatiable desire to be a somebody . He cheats schemes and connives to buy a large percel of land. He uses the girl who loves him he forges cheques and he lies. He is enormously proud of his shortcuts. In his race of success Duddy learns many hard lessons. There s a little bit of Duddy in all of us. Actors: Micheline Lanctot - Randy Quaid - Richard Dreyfuss. Director: Ted Kotcheff. Format: DVD. Format Size: Fullscreen. Runtime: 121 mins. Language: English. Subtitle: English Subtitles. Region code: Region 1 (United States Canada Bermuda U.S. territories). Discs: 1. Rating: PG-13. Genre: Comedy. Release Year: 1974.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
not as good as the VHS version,
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This review is from: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (DVD)
I loved the movie ... Richler successfully adapted his book by the same name to the big screen. Unfortunately, the DVD version is about 15 minutes shorter than the VHS version and, in many places, the color is washed out. The movie is great so get the VHS version, sit back and enjoy the story and see what life was like in the late 1940's in Montreal.
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4.2 out of 5 stars (9 customer reviews) 13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Daringly takes our "audience-identification figure"...,
By J. Figler "jfigl" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (VHS Tape)
...and pulls him out from under us.The back of the "Duddy Kravitz" VHS box alleges that Duddy "uses the girl who loves him, forges checks, and lies but somehow still manages to work his way into our hearts." To describe the film this way misses its uniqueness by inverting its point. Richard Dreyfuss' charismatic, touching, and wildly comic performance (the key performance of his career, and little-seen), effortlessly and immediately batters its way into our hearts. The process by which Duddy squanders those affections and the affections of those around him (perhaps most tragically Yvette's and Virgil's) is incremental, painful, and, we have no reason to suppose otherwise, irreversible. Only gradually does it become clear that he draws no distinction between people and objects - both are merely means to an end. The VHS blurb suggests a redemption, a feel-good experience that's nowhere to be found in this film. Duddy not only betrays other characters; he betrays the audience, truly and distressingly. Despite his energy and intelligence and charm, this punk manages to work his way out of our hearts. At what point does the viewer cut him dead? Or does Duddy continue (see review below) to seem "inspiring"? The film doesn't insist, to its credit, on any one answer to those questions. Along with the enormous amount of physical energy at his disposal, Duddy possesses a prodigious, caustic wit which he frequently unloads on those who would directly challenge him. The brilliance of the film is that these harangues are so sympathetically written and masterfully performed that viewers may not know what to make of them, other than to mistake them for ringing endorsements of Duddy's behavior. 12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
not as good as the VHS version,
By K. Schappert - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (DVD)
I loved the movie ... Richler successfully adapted his book by the same name to the big screen. Unfortunately, the DVD version is about 15 minutes shorter than the VHS version and, in many places, the color is washed out. The movie is great so get the VHS version, sit back and enjoy the story and see what life was like in the late 1940's in Montreal.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Funny and sad and very human,
By Bomojaz - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (VHS Tape)
A very engaging movie about a young Jewish man (played by Richard Dreyfuss) who will do anything to make a buck, which is the only way he thinks he can be somebody. Dreyfuss, who is constantly on the verge of jumping out of his skin, is both funny and sad - and vulnerable. The movie has been accused of being anti-Semitic by some, but it's Duddy's single-minded brashness that is the focus here, not his religion. Drefuss is a joy to watch.
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