The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988)
The early 1960s: In preparation for his Bar Mitzvah, a Jewish boy, Max Glick (Noam Zylberman) from a small Manitoba community with an overbearing family tries to navigate his coming-of-age with his family's condescension and bigotry using his sarcastic, Jewish humour. The town's rabbi dies, and a sub-plot develops in which Max's father (Aaron Schwartz) and grandfather (Jan Rubes)-both synagogue leaders-are saddled with a traditional Hassidic rabbi who sticks out like a sore thumb among the otherwise assimilated Jewish community. To make matters more difficult, Max likes a Catholic girl (14 year old Fairuza Baulk in just her third film), whom he later competes with in a piano competition. The quirky, fun-loving rabbi tries to help him with his problems, yet harbours a secret ambition of his own. Filmed in Winnipeg and rural Beausejour, Manitoba, Canada.
Director: Allan A. Goldstein
 |
Noam Zylberman as Maximilian Glick |
 |
Fairuza Balk as Celia Brzjinski |
 |
Jan Rubeš as Augustus Glick |
 |
Susan Douglas as Bryna Glick |
 |
Saul Rubinek as Rabbi Teitelman |
|
Aaron Schwartz as Henry Glick |
|
William Marantz as Rabbi Kaminsky |
|
Sharon Corder as Sarah Glick |
|
Ken Zelig as Morris Moskover |
 |
Howard Jerome as Zelig Peikes |
 |
Alec McClure as Sandy Lubchuk |
| Writing | Phil Savath | Writer |
| Directing | Allan A. Goldstein | Director |
| Production | Ches Yetman | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Production | Stephen Foster | Producer |
