Next Stop, Greenwich Village

1953 Was a Good Year for Leaving Home

Overview:

An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.

Released: 1976-02-04

Duration: 01:51:00

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Keywords: New York City, Mother, Girlfriend, ...

Director: Paul Mazursky

Writer: Paul Mazursky

Cast: Shelley Winters, Mike Kellin, Milton Frome, ...

Director: Paul Mazursky

Writer: Paul Mazursky

Genre: Comedy Drama

Keywords: New York City Mother Girlfriend Gay Interest Relationship Overbearing Mother Apartment Brooklyn, New York City Struggling Actor Greenwich Village Abortion 1950s Screen Test Lgbt Interest

Description

The film takes place in 1953. Larry Lipinsky is a 22-year old Jewish boy from the Jewish enclave Brownsville in Brooklyn, New York, who has dreams of stardom. He moves to Greenwich Village, much to the chagrin of his extremely over-protective mother. Larry ends up hanging out with an eccentric bunch of characters while waiting for his big break.

He has a group of tight-knit friends, which includes a wacky girl named Connie; Anita, an emotionally distraught woman who constantly contemplates suicide; Robert, a young WASP who fancies himself a poet; and Bernstein, an African-American gay man. All the while, he tries to maintain a stormy relationship with Sarah, his girlfriend. This band of outsiders becomes Larry's new family as he struggles as an actor and works toward a break in Hollywood.