The Believer (film)
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| The Believer | |
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| Directed by | Henry Bean |
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| Produced by | Jay Firestone Daniel Diamond |
| Written by | Henry Bean |
| Starring | Ryan Gosling Billy Zane Theresa Russell Summer Phoenix |
| Distributed by | Palm Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 2001 |
| Running time | 99 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English Hebrew |
The Believer is a 2001 film written by Henry Bean and Mark Jacobson, and directed by Bean. It stars Ryan Gosling as Daniel Balint, an Orthodox Jew who becomes a Neo-Nazi, and was inspired by the true story of Dan Burros.[1] It won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival.
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[edit] Plot
The film follows the story of Daniel Balint, a brilliant but troublesome student at a Jewish Yeshiva who has become a fanatically violent Neo-Nazi in New York by his early 20s. The film plots his rise through the ranks of a fictional American Neo-Nazi party while he attempts to reconcile his religious past and ethnic heritage with his anti-Semitism.
[edit] Cast
- Ryan Gosling - Daniel "Danny" Balint
- Garret Dillahunt - Billings
- Billy Zane - Curtis Zampf
- Theresa Russell - Lina Moebius
- Summer Phoenix - Carla Moebius
- Ronald Guttman - Danny's Father
- Heather Goldenhersh - Linda
- A. D. Miles - Guy Danielsen
[edit] Reception
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The film was well-received by critics;
"awe-inspiring...a late contender for one of the best films of the year - an intellectually breathtaking, profoundly moving film." Jamie Russell, BBC films[2]
"It's naturally thrilling...The Believer is astonishing" Charlotte O'Sullivan, The Independent[3]
"the film is driven by Gosling's revelatory performance... arresting, prickly, vaguely funny, even - 'difficult' in the best sense." Time Out[4]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Henry Bean, The Believer: Confronting Jewish Self-Hatred. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2002. ISBN 1-56025-372-X.
- ^ The Believer (movie review BBC, 04 December 2001
- ^ The Big Picture: The Believers (review) The Independent, 7 December 2001
- ^ The Believer (review) Time Out New York
[edit] External links
- Official Website
- Unofficial The Believer website
- The Believer at the Internet Movie Database
- The Believer at the Arts & Faith Top100 Spiritually Significant Films list
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Girlfight tied with You Can Count on Me |
Sundance Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic 2001 |
Succeeded by Personal Velocity |
