YENTL
"YENTL" --- (1984) --- SYNOPSIS:
"Rebbe Mendel is a single father who teaches the Talmud, a sacred text of Judaism, to the boys of his small Polish town. Behind closed doors, he also instructs his daughter, Yentl, despite the fact that girls are forbidden to study religious scripture. When Yentl's father dies, she still has a strong desire to learn about her faith -- so she disguises herself as a male, enrolls in a religious school, and unexpectedly finds love along the way."
STARRING:
Barbra Streisand, Amy Irving, Mandy Patinkin, Nehemiah Persoff, Allan Corduner, Steven Hill, Bernard Spear, David de Keyser, Miriam Margolyes, Lynda Baron and Doreen Mantle.
SCREENPLAY:
Barbra Streisand and Jack Rosenthal; based on "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy" by Isaac Bashevis Singer.
DIRECTOR:
Barbra Streisand
AWARDS & OTHER HONORS:
It was nominated for five (5) Academy Awards and won one (1) for:
"Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation
Score" --- Michel Legrand, Alan & Marilyn Bergman
It was nominated for seventeen (17) additional awards, from various entities, and won five (5) of them.
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