The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988) on Netflix
Maximilian Glick, a Jewish boy in a small Manitoba town, prepares for his Bar Mitzvah while his overbearing family pushes piano on him. His duet partner is Celia Brzjinski, a Christian girl.
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Plot summary
The early 1960s, in a small Manitoba town. Maximilian Glick is preparing for his Bar Mitzvah in a family that has firm ideas about what he should be. He asked for a bike and got a piano, and his father Henry and his grandfather Augustus, both synagogue leaders, keep him at his lessons. Max is paired with Celia Brzjinski, a Catholic girl, for a duet, and his prejudiced parents forbid him to see her. A new rabbi, the traditional Hasidic Rabbi Teitelman, arrives in a congregation that has largely assimilated, and he offers Max help with his problems.
Cast
- Noam Zylbermanas Maximilian Glick
- William Marantzas Rabbi Kaminsky
- Sharon Corderas Sarah Glick
- Ken Zeligas Morris Moskover
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988)
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- Stephen Foster rejected every child actor who auditioned for Max Glick because he wanted Seth Green in the part, but Green was American and could not be hired, so Noam Zylberman was cast instead.
- Foster wanted Sheldon Larry to direct and discussed casting Robin Williams or Jeff Goldblum as Rabbi Teitleman, but Telefilm would not commit as much money if an American actor was cast.
- Saul Rubinek was sent the script but told he would audition for Max's father; he made repeated requests to play Rabbi Teitelman, which Foster ignored to gain negotiating leverage, and took the role for $25,000 despite protests from his agent Ralph Zimmerman.
- Director Allan A. Goldstein had a poor relationship with the crew and punched his fist through a wall during production; producer Richard Davis said the crew thought Goldstein was "somewhere to the right of Attila the Hun".
- A lack of snow in December meant outdoor scenes had to be delayed, so indoor scenes were shot first and some outdoor scenes were turned into indoor ones; the production planned to hold off until January, but it began snowing one day before shooting was to stop.
- Ian Elkin, who had never worked on a feature film, was chosen as director of photography, and when Allan A. Goldstein wanted him replaced, CIDO refused because the job had to go to a Manitoban.
