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Finbar Lebowitz

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Finbar Lebowitz
Directed byRona Mark
Produced byJennifer Smith
StarringDavid McCarton
Ronnie Drew
Shana Sturtz
Zoë Gibney
Simon Murphy
Music byJohn Doyle
Release date
  • 19 May 2000 (2000-05-19)
Running time
25 min.
CountryIreland
LanguageEnglish
Budget£44,000 (Estimate)

Finbar Lebowitz is an Irish 2000 film, set in Dublin about a working class Irishman called Finbar. It stars David McCarton and The Dubliners founder Ronnie Drew.[1]

Plot summary

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Finbar is a working class Irishman who works for a delivery company in Dublin. He holds a somewhat racist and prejudiced view of America. While on delivery he stops at a bookstore run by Shimon Abramsky, an elderly Jewish man who has his niece Leah from New York City stopping with him to help out. After a conversation with Leah, Finbar becomes obsessed with her and makes it his goal to woo her after a dare from his delivery friend. Finbar even tries to convert to Judaism, to the consternation of his strict Catholic priest and family. It takes more than a conversion to win Leah's heart.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Archives for Finbar Lebowitz". Tcm.com. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Finbar Lebowitz (2000)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
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