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©1992 Mansfield Films, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Photo by S. Karin Epstein.
Melanle Griffith (left) stars as NYPD Detective Emily Eden, whose routine assignment to investigate a missing person's report
takes her undercover in the Hassldic community in "A Stranger Among Us." Enveloped by the centuries-old traditions of this
Orthodox sect, Eden is aided by Mr. Klausman (David Bosenbaum, right).
SNEAK PREVIEW JULY 14
*_4 Stranger Among Us* to open July 17
In Sidney Lumet's new
thriller, A Stranger Among Us,
a tough New York policewoman's undercover mission in a
Hassidic community becomes
a voyage of personal discovery.
Detective Emily Eden,
played by Melanie Griffith, is
assigned to investigate the disappearance of Yaakov Klaus-
man, a young Hassidic man,
late one night in his office in
New York's diamond district.
There are no signs of a struggle
or break-in, no fingerprints
and three-quarters of a million
dollars in gems is missing.
When the evidence suggests
to the street-hardened Eden'
that it was an "inside job," she
suggests to the Rebbe, played
by Lee Richardson, that she go
undercover to solve the crime.
"Somebody who knows you;
somebody you trust is the killer," she says. "And the only
way 1 can catch him is by being as close to you as he is."
As she enters the little-
known society of the Hassi-
dim, Eden feels as if she has
been transported to a strange
planet. She is put off by their
beards, dark suits and hats,
unfamiliar customs, rules and
rituals. But as she comes to
know their ways, she begins to
see them in a new light.
For the first time in her life,
Eden finds herself in a warm,
nurturing family environment. She is startled by how
much she likes it. And the
Rebbe's soft-spoken son, Ariel
(trie jf_aij, is diilerent from
any man she has met before.
A Hollywood Pictures presentation in association, with
Touchwood Pacific Partners I,
of a Propaganda Film Production in association with San-
dollar/Isis, A Stranger Among
Us, is directed by Sidney Lu-
met from an original screenplay by Robert J. Avrech.
Steve Golin, Sigurjon Sight-
vatsson and Howard Rosen-
man are the producers, with
Sandy Gallin and Carol Baum
serving as executive produc-
rhe Ohio Jewish Chronich
and
Block's Hot Bagels
invite you to attend
a private screening
SNEAK PREVIEW
See page 7 for details.
&4
ers. Susan Tarr and Avrech are
co-producers.
"I've always wanted to
make a movie about the Has-
sidim," says Rosenman, himself the great-grandson of Hassidic Jews. "It was an opportunity to show values that some
people might consider old-
fashioned — like the centrali-
ty of the family — but are
actually quite modern. And it
speaks to a spirituality that a
lot of people are looking for."
The OJC and Block's Bagels
are sponsoring a sneak preview of "A Stranger Among
Us" on Tuesday, July 14, at
AMC Eastland Centre 8 Cinema at 7:30 p.m. A limited
number of free tickets is available with purchase at Block's
Bagels, 3415 E. Broad St. and
McNaughten Centre. Tickets
are not available at the OJC or
at the door. For details see
page 7.
The movie will open to the
general public on Friday, July
17. It is rated PG 13.