Comedy ·Drama · United States of America · 1972 · 1h 41m

Portnoy's Complaint

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Director
Ernest Lehman
Cast
Richard Benjamin as Alexander Portnoy Karen Black as Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey Lee Grant as Sophie Portnoy Jack Somack as Jack Portnoy Renée Lippin as Hannah Portnoy Jeannie Berlin as Bubbles Girardi
Crew
Philip H. Lathrop — Director of Photography Sam O'Steen — Editor Gordon Scott — Editor Michel Legrand — Original Music Composer Ernest Lehman — Screenplay Philip Roth — Novel
Tagline

Some book. Some movie.

Synopsis

During a session with his psychoanalyst, Alexander Portnoy rants about everything that is bothering him. His complaints include his childhood and his family with an emphasis on his mother, his sexual fantasies and the problems that he has with women, and his obsessive feelings about his Judaism.

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Mood & Themes
relationship
Key Collaborators
Ernest Lehman Director Philip H. Lathrop Director of Photography Sam O'Steen Editor Gordon Scott Editor Michel Legrand Original Music Composer Ernest Lehman Screenplay Philip Roth Novel Sidney Beckerman Producer Ernest Lehman Producer Robert F. Boyle Production Design Moss Mabry Costume Design
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