Portnoy's Complaint

Portnoy's Complaint

Director: Ernest Lehman Cast: Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand
, Richard Benjamin
Richard Benjamin
, Karen Black
Karen Black
, Lee Grant
Lee Grant
Ernest Lehman
Portnoy's Complaint

Portnoy's Complaint

Director: Ernest Lehman Cast: Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand
, Richard Benjamin
Richard Benjamin
, Karen Black
Karen Black
, Lee Grant
Lee Grant
Ernest Lehman

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Overview

Screenwriter Ernest Lehman, whose credits include the screenplays for North by Northwest, Sabrina, West Side Story, and The Sweet Smell of Success, made a less than distinguished debut as a director with this adaptation of Philip Roth's controversial novel about Alexander Portnoy (Richard Benjamin), a Jewish man who, during a session with his analyst, goes on one long tirade after another about his family, his childhood, his sexual fantasies and desires, his problems with women, and his obsession with his own Judaism. If ever there was a novel that by its nature would defy accurate presentation onscreen, this was it; but for all its flaws, Portnoy's Complaint does feature a few good performances, most notably Karen Black as Portnoy's Gentile lust object, "The Monkey", Jeannie Berlin as the memorably named local slattern Bubbles Girardi, and Jill Clayburgh as Naomi, a woman Portnoy meets in Israel. Lehman never directed again.

Product Details

Release Date: 08/07/2012
UPC: 0883316615805
Original Release: 1972
Rating: R
Source: Warner Archives
Region Code: A
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [monaural]
Language: English
Time: 1:41:00
Sales rank: 40,896

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Richard Benjamin Alexander Portnoy
Karen Black Mary Jane Reid
Lee Grant Sophie Portnoy
Jack Somack Jack Portnoy
Jeannie Berlin Bubbles Girardi
Jill Clayburgh Naomi
D.P. Barnes Dr. Otto Spielvogel
Francesca De Sapio Lina
Kevin Conway Smolka
Lewis J. Stadlen Mandel
Renee Lippin Hannah Portnoy
Jessica Rains Girl in Office
John Carradine Judge
Eleanor Zee Woman in Hospital Bed
William Pabst Inn Clerk
Tony Brande Cab Driver
Darryl Seamen Alexander (age 8)
Mike de Anda Mr. Harero
Carmen Zapata Mrs. Harero

Technical Credits
Sidney Beckerman Producer
Ernest Lehman Producer,Director
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