Portnoy's Complaint (1972)
Some book. Some movie.
1972 · 1h 41m · Comedy, Drama
Genres: Comedy, Drama
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.
Director: Ernest Lehman
Writers: Ernest Lehman, Philip Roth
Music by: Michel Legrand
Cinematography: Philip H. Lathrop
Editor: Sam O'Steen, Gordon Scott
Cast
Richard Benjamin as Alexander PortnoyKaren Black as Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. MonkeyLee Grant as Sophie PortnoyJack Somack as Jack PortnoyRenée Lippin as Hannah PortnoyJeannie Berlin as Bubbles GirardiKevin Conway as SmolkaLewis J. Stadlen as Mandel (as Lewis Stadlen)Jill Clayburgh as NaomiJessica Rains as Opening GirlFrancesca De Sapio as Lina, Rome ProstituteWilliam Pabst as Clerk at InnMore like this
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