Snow in August

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Movie Info

Based on the novel by Pete Hamill, the made-for-cable movie Snow in August is set in 1947 Brooklyn. The core of the story is the friendship between Michael Devlin (Peter Tambakis), a fatherless Catholic boy, and Rabbi Judah Hirsch (Stephen Rea), a Jewish immigrant from Czechoslovakia. A local gang of anti-Semitic hoodlums, led by Frankie McCarthy (Adam McDonald), takes offense at the warm relationship between Michael and the rabbi, and threatens to cause a lot of hurt if Michael doesn't remain with his "own kind." Adding to Michael's burden is the fact that he has witnessed Frankie's gang, the Falcons, administer a bloody beating to a local Jewish merchant, frightening him into silence. The solution to Michael's problem manifests itself in his growing fascination with the legend of "the Golem," the vengeful statue that was supposed to have protected the Prague Ghetto from persecution centuries before -- and also hinges upon the boy's adoration of the movie-serial hero Captain Marvel (shown via film clips from the 1941 Republic chapterplay of the same name). Lolita Davidovitch co-stars as Michael's widowed mother Kate. Filmed in Montreal, Snow in August made its Showtime cable network bow on August 12, 2001.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Drama, Faith & Spirituality
Directed By:

Richard Friedenberg
Written By:

Richard Friedenberg
In Theaters:

Aug 12, 2001 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Jun 10, 2003
Runtime:

105 minutes
Studio:

Showtime Networks Inc.

Cast

Stephen Rea
as Rabbi Judah Hirsch

Peter Tambakis
as Michael Devlin

Lolita Davidovich
as Kate Devlin

Adam MacDonald
as Frankie McCarthy

Jonathan Koensgen
as Sonny

Jase Blankfort
as Jimmy

Jack Daniel Wells
as Abbott

Tony Calabretta
as Costello

Claudia Ferri
as Leah

Derrick Reeve
as Golem

Harvey Berger
as Mr. G

Howard Bilerman
as Mr. Edelbaum

Michel Perron
as Priest

Kent McQuaid
as Falcon

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Feb 19, 2011

An old Hebrew fairy tales comes to life through the eyes of a 10 year old Irish-Catholic boy. The movie was a little slow, but decent enough. If you only take one thing away from this movie, let it be that there is a thin line between love and hate. We aren't born with either, both are taught through our own actions.

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Snow in August Quotes

Rabbi Judah Hirsch:	Maybe I didn't love God...enough.
Rabbi Judah Hirsch:	Maybe I didn't love God... enough.

Rabbi Judah Hirsch:	He (Jackie Robinson) is there for all the colored people who get yelled on and hated. Not just the colored. Anybody! Anybody! You, Mike, Catholic. When you are hated, Jackie Robinson is a Catholic. When Jews are hated, Jackie Robinson is a Jew....He stands there for all of us.
Rabbi Judah Hirsch:	He [Jackie Robinson] is there for all the colored people who get yelled on and hated. Not just the colored. Anybody! Anybody! You, Mike, Catholic. When you are hated, Jackie Robinson is a Catholic. When Jews are hated, Jackie Robinson is a Jew... He stands there for all of us.

Rabbi Judah Hirsch:

Study is to make you wise, Michael. It is the tradition of the Jews.

Kate Devlin:

You know, in the Old Country there was nobody lower than an informer. The bloody Brits used them against us for centuries. But this isn't the Old Country and Frankie McCarthy isn't fighting for The Cause.

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