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The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is a 1974 Canadian comedy drama film directed by Ted Kotcheff, and adapted by Mordechai Richler and Lionel Chetwynd from Richler’s 1959 novel. It stars Richard Dreyfuss as the title character, a brash young Jewish Montrealer who embarks on a string of get-rich-quick schemes in a bid to gain respect.
Adapted by Chetwynd from the Hugh MacLennan book, and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Stacy Keach, and Claude Jutra, the film dealt with societal issues relative to Canada's French and English speaking population and the Conscription Crisis of 1917.
Lionel Chetwynd. Adaptation. Mordecai Richler. Novel, Screenplay. The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well as his changing relationships with family and friends. Along the way the film explores the ...
12 copies. Summary/Review: "Richard Dreyfuss is an irresistible young Jewish man in 1948 Montreal. He's driven by an insatiable desire to be a "somebody" and he somehow works his way into our hearts even as he cheats and schemes and connives to buy a large parcel of land.
Sep 9, 2022 · 1974 Academy Awards. Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff. The 1974 Academy Awards were presented April 8, 1975 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
While in England, Chetwynd wrote the motion picture screenplay adaptation for "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz," and received an Academy Award Nomination and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Feature Comedy.
