Sunday Schmooze
The Plot Against Harry
Sunday, March 3rd
Bagels at 10 AM, Film at 11 AM
Hosted by Fred Craden
Michael Roemer’s hilarious, deadpan,
The Plot Against Harry, is a Jewish
mobster masterpiece. Harry Plotnick (Martin
Priest), a smalltime NY racketeer just released from prison, gets into the
catering biz—a world of call girls, bar mitzvahs, Mafia barbecues, and hotel
pajama parties. When a surreal coincidence reunites him with his ex-wife, his
grown daughter, and a widening web of family and friends welcome him into their
sordid suburban traditions. Originally shelved by Roemer, it reemerged decades
later when he overheard a technician laughing hysterically while transferring
the film. (USA, 1969, 81 mins, English |
Dir. Michael Roemer)