A jew walks into a bar (2018)
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Country:
USA
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Duration:
24 min
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Genre:
comedy
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Director:
Jonathan Miller
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Producer:
Kim Woodard, Greg Henry, Isaac Holub
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Cast:
David Finklestein
About film
A Jew Walks Into a Bar is a film with a traditional comedy premise - it is a story about a daring upstart who immerses himself into an alien world - and the film’s name itself represents a classical setup for a joke. Jonathan Miller is an ultra-Orthodox Jew from a community in Brooklyn. He loves stand-up and has even reached some success. Comedy means a lot to David - it is his work, his hobby, and the means to get rid of frequent anxiety, which is provided in abundance by David’s life. This comedian is very special - he is charming and charismatic, with a unique dryish and neurotic performance style. He tries to find his own place in the world by bringing together the incongruous - the public self-irony, which is progressive and is not something everyone is open to, and the conservative private religion. One time his performance clashes with the Shabbat, and David has to make a choice.
Rewards and nominations
- Atlanta Jewish Film Festival 2020 — Official Selection
- RiverRun International Film Festival 2020 (USA) — Best Documentary Short
- Nevada City Film Festival 2020 — Best Documentary Short
Director
Jonathan Miller is an American editor, director, and screenwriter based in Brooklyn. He graduated from Vassar College, New York, with honors. Worked on documentary shows (Un)Well for Netflix and The Circus for Showtime. He was the director, cinematographer, and writer of the documentary feature Standing Up (2017) about three unlikely aspiring stand-up comedians, one of whom is an ultra-Orthodox Jew, and continued to explore that theme in his short film A Jew Walks Into a Bar.
Director
Jonathan Miller is an American editor, director, and screenwriter based in Brooklyn. He graduated from Vassar College, New York, with honors. Worked on documentary shows (Un)Well for Netflix and The Circus for Showtime. He was the director, cinematographer, and writer of the documentary feature Standing Up (2017) about three unlikely aspiring stand-up comedians, one of whom is an ultra-Orthodox Jew, and continued to explore that theme in his short film A Jew Walks Into a Bar.
