Keeping the faith ed norton

We all have the same challenges and blessings, and issues that you work with. I can attest to that in my own life. The movie friendship antedates their professions, so that is a little different. Content distributed by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency news service.

News News Bay Area U. Rabbis and priests look back at the interfaith romcom that was ahead of its time. It sounds like an old joke, about a rabbi and a priest walking into a bar.

This was actually better than I was thinking it was going to be I liked all the performances by the three leads. Stiller shines Elfman is fun and sexy More just a waste of talent. It was just alright, but entirely way too long.

Rabbi trading cards tho. The way the film explores religion, romance, and friendship is incredibly heartfelt and honest. Letterboxd is an independent service created by a small team, and we rely mostly on the support of our members to maintain our site and apps.

Where to watch Trailer. Ed Norton Producer. Elmer Bernstein Original Music. Anastas N. Michos Cinematographer. Malcolm Campbell Film Editor. Avy Kaufman Casting. Wynn Thomas Production Designer. Chris Shriver Art Direction. Leslie E. Rollins Set Decoration.

Michael Kaplan Costume Designer. Rita Ogden Makeup Artist. Jackie Payne Hair Stylist. Carla White Key Makeup Artist. View All Critic Reviews Jul 23, Ed Norton directs say what!!! This effort is spiked with loads of cultural references and pithy one-liners, has enough charisma to win a war, so it is in its unbelievable premise finally that it falters. Kevin M. W Super Reviewer. Oct 14, Elfman is winsome, Stiller gets the laughs, and Norton seems miscast.

Not bad for its type. Doctor S Super Reviewer. Jun 19, What I think is most exceptional about this movie is the way it portrays these clergy as cool guys - I mean, there's really cool clergy just like there's really cool fireman and loggers and truck drivers. And it does so in a way that doesn't entirely compromise their faith, although some of the stuff Norton says or does is not quite right and for the moment I'm not talking about his attraction to Elfman.

I am also a huge Elfman fan, I think she's beautiful as well as extremely effective in her roles. Seeing this film made me wonder if Ben would be better served by serious roles more often, he's very effective and avoids the silliness and gross humor that can sometimes sabotage his comic performances.

Nice supporting work by Bancroft and the always appreciated Wallach. Recommended for light entertainment. Lorenzo v Super Reviewer. Jun 10, When I saw Keeping the Faith a few months ago it left a serious imprint on my mind.

Sadly this was before I began my Norton mania. I've always had a fondness for Ben Stiller, and Edward Norton. ZBut now that I can truly appriciate Edward's directorial debut and superb acting job, I can review the movie.

The script was interesting, unique, creative, original, and funny. The King of Comedy , 3. Ruggles of Red Gap Was born on the exact same date as fellow actor Christian Slater August 18, There is a fictional character in The Honeymooners named Edward Norton.

It's a longstanding compulsion I've had since I was about five or six years old. I can literally identify the moment it struck me. I was completely shell-shocked by the magic of this little community-theater play; it just riveted me. I don't smoke and I don't want to smoke. I am not a fan of gratuitous smoking in films. Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced. If I ever have to stop taking the subway, I'm gonna have a heart attack.

Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it. I've never felt any particular encroachment of the 'celebrity' stuff into my life. I'm an actor and, each time out, I'm trying to convince the audience that I'm this character. Every little thing that people know about you as a person impedes your ability to achieve that kind of terrific suspension of disbelief that happens when an audience goes with an actor and character [he's] playing.

The more you can create that magic bubble, that suspension of disbelief, for a while, the better. It's a nice position to be in; I'm lucky. At the same time, all the excitement of that has been put into stark perspective In some ways, the highs of it have been blunted, which in a way, is a gift.

First of all, you never make all things for all people and can't always pander to the broadest denominator. I keep an eye toward doing the themes that interest me. Do they move me? Interest me? Make me think? When I run across something that is provocative in an unsettling way, it appeals to me. People wrestle sometimes making movies, and I think that conflict is a very essential thing. I think a lot of very happy productions have produced a lot of very banal movies.

I'm not interested in making movies for everybody. I like making movies for myself and my friends and people with my sensibility. I always felt that acting was an escape, like having the secret key to every door and permission to go into any realm and soak it up.

I enjoy that free pass. Nobody makes me uncomfortable here. It's a place where you can be eternally anonymous. In fact, the United States today keeps on making the same sort of mistakes. We force those methods we think are useful on a few countries, hoping to make a few changes. I get heartbroken flying into L. It's just this feeling of unspecific loss. Can you imagine what the San Fernando Valley was when it was all wheat fields? Can you imagine what John Steinbeck saw?

Just because you've made a couple movies, you've done some good movies, you've been nominated for some Academy Awards, whatever, nobody's entitled. It's a business. He has such a rich mellifluous voice. Anytime I would hear him speak, it would remind me of how flat my voice is. He loved it. Marlon loves stuff like that.