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I'm Not Rappaport is a 1996 American buddy comedy-drama film written and directed by Herb Gardner, starring Walter Matthau and Ossie Davis.
Plot. Inspired by two elderly men Gardner met in New York City 's Central Park, the play focuses on Nat Moyer, a feisty Jew, and Midge Carter, a cantankerous African-American, who spend their days sitting on a bench. They both mask the realities of aging, sharing tall tales that Nat spins.
Dec 24, 1996 · With Walter Matthau, Ossie Davis, Amy Irving, Craig T. Nelson. Two old men - a white former radical, and a black retired janitor - strike up an unusual and funny friendship on a park bench in New York, where they deal with family, drug dealers, and the pitfalls of age.
Radical 81-year-old Nat Moyer (Walter Matthau) spends most of his time talking and arguing with his old friend Midge Carter (Ossie Davis) on a bench in Central Park.
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Jan 24, 1997 · Midge steadfastly holds to his identity as the only man alive who can get his building's boiler to work. They're wonderful together, and when they use the park band shell to try out their version of the vaudeville act with the punch line "I'm not Rappaport,'' there is an effortless grace at work.
Two old men - a white former radical, and a black retired janitor - strike up an unusual and funny friendship on a park bench in New York, where they deal with family, drug dealers, and the pitfalls of age. Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination.
I'm Not Rappaport is a 1996 American buddy comedy-drama film written and directed by Herb Gardner, starring Walter Matthau and Ossie Davis.
