THE PLOT AGAINST HARRY

Showings

Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 1 Sun, Mar 3 10:00 AM

Description

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)