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Brighton Beach Memoirs is a semi-autobiographical comedy play by Neil Simon, set in 1937 during the Great Depression. It is the first part of his Eugene trilogy and was adapted into a film in 1986.
A comedy film based on Neil Simon's play about his childhood in Brooklyn during WWII. Eugene, a young Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his family, friends, and sexual fantasies.
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- Comedy
- Gene Saks
- 1986-12-25
Brighton Beach Memoirs is a comedy film based on Neil Simon's play about a Jewish-American teenager in the Great Depression. The film follows Eugene Jerome's coming-of-age story and his family's struggles, and features Jonathan Silverman, Blythe Danner, and Jason Alexander.
Brighton Beach Memoirs. Eugene Jerome (Jonathan Silverman) is a Jewish teen living in an unusually hectic Brooklyn, N.Y., household. His father (Bob Dishy) works two jobs, his mother (Blythe ...
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- Gene Saks
- PG-13
- Blythe Danner
Jan 1, 2001 · Neil Simon wrote Brighton Beach Memoirs. it is bases on his own childhood. It is seen through 15 year old Eugene's eyes. It takes place in 1937 over two days a week apart. Eugene lives in a house in Brighton Beach New York, with his Father, mother, Brother Stanley, his aunt Blanche and two cousins Nora, and Laurie.
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A synopsis of Neil Simon's play about a Jewish family in New York in 1937. The play explores the conflicts and challenges of the Morton family, who share a house with Blanche and her daughters.
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In “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” the first in an autobiographical trilogy by Simon, he remembers his early adolescence. Still ahead were the uncertain war years of “Biloxi Blues” and the family wars and heartbreaks of “Broadway Bound,” his current stage success. Simon tells his story through the eyes of Eugene (Silverman), a kid who ...