A Price above Rubies (Original title)A Price below Rubies (Working title)
Dates: 1997 (Copyright), 14 May 1999 (Release)Countries: USA, France, United KingdomDirector: Boaz Yakin
Synopsis: Set in Brooklyn's Hasidic Jewish community. The film depicts the pressures of a restrictive life on an individualistic woman who wants more than her ascribed role of dutiful wife and mother.
Genre: Drama
Dates: 1997 (Copyright), 14 May 1999 (Release)Countries: USA, France, United KingdomDirector: Boaz Yakin
Synopsis: Set in Brooklyn's Hasidic Jewish community. The film depicts the pressures of a restrictive life on an individualistic woman who wants more than her ascribed role of dutiful wife and mother.
Genre: Drama
Credits
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Production Company: Miramax Films, In association with: Pandora Cinema, Channel Four Films, Executive Producer: Bob Weinstein, Executive Producer: Harvey Weinstein, Producer: Lawrence Bender, Producer: John Penotti, Line Producer: Adam Brightman, Co-producer: JoAnn Fregalette Jansen, Production Associate: Anita Sum, Production Co-ordinator: Ellen Gannon, Location Manager: Seth Burch, Stage Manager: Jeremy D. Pratt, Post-production (Supervisor): Heidi Vogel, Post-production (Co-ordinator): Tracey D'arcy, Assistant Director (1st): David Wechsler, Assistant Director (2nd): Marco Londoner, Assistant Director (2nd 2nd): Rick Lange, Script Supervisor: Mary Gambardella, Casting: Douglas Aibel, Casting (Associate): Jordan Beswick, Dena Trakes, Screenplay: Boaz Yakin, Director of Photography: Adam Holender, Camera Operator: Chris Hayes, Steadicam Operator: Andrew Casey, Special Effects Co-ordinator: John M. Ottesen, Editor: Arthur Coburn, Production Designer: Dan Leigh, Set Decorator: Leslie E. Rollins, Draftperson: William Stabile, Scenic Artist: Laura G. Gillen, Scenic Artist: Julius Kozlowski, Scenic Artist: Cyd Fenwick, Scenic Artist: Elizabeth Goodall, Scenic Artist: Gary Wimmer, Sculptures: Elaine Houseman, Costume Designer: Ellen Lutter, Wardrobe Supervisor: Winsome Mckoy, Barbara Krauthamer, Key Make-up Artist: Lori Hicks, Key Hairstylist: John D. Quaglia, Wayne Herndon, Title Sequence Designer/Producer: Dan Perri, Titles: Cinema Research Corporation, Opticals: Balsmeyer & Everett Inc, Music: Lesley Barber, Music Conductor: Ken Kugler, Music Editor: Dan Diprima, Music Engineer: Stuart Brawley, Sound Mixer: William Sarokin, Re-recording Mixer: Sergio Reyes, B. Tennyson Sebastian Iii, Supervising Sound Editor: Robert Fitzgerald, Dialogue Editor: Paul Curtis, Dialogue Editor: Frederick H. Stahly, Dialogue Editor: Stuv, Sound Effects Editor: Robert Fitzgerald, Sound Effects Editor: Elizabeth Flaum, ADR (Group Co-ordinator): Burton Sharp, ADR (Loop Group): Jerome Best, ADR (Loop Group): Jake Chipps, ADR (Loop Group): Joyce Goldman, ADR (Loop Group): Henry Goldscher, ADR (Loop Group): Eddie Herschler, ADR (Loop Group): Bernard Hiller, ADR (Loop Group): Winnie Hiller, ADR (Loop Group): Lev Mailer, ADR (Loop Group): Sally Rainer, ADR (Loop Group): Burton Sharp, ADR (Loop Group): Bill Stern, ADR (Loop Group): Glen-Bob Sweet, Shane Sweet, ADR Recordist: Jason Lezama, ADR Mixer: Jeff Vaughn, ADR Editor: Stuv, ADR Editor: Frederick H. Stahly, Foley Artist: Joan Rowe, Foley Artist: Sean Rowe, Foley Artist: Katie Rowe, Foley Artist: Alan Kerr, Foley Mixer: Eric Thompson, Foley Editor: Jason Lezama, Foley Editor: John Chandler, Dialect Consultant: Jess Platt
Cast
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Renée Zellweger (Sonia Horowitz), Christopher Eccleston (Sender), Allen Payne (Ramon), Glenn Fitzgerald (Mendel), Julianna Margulies (Rachel), Kim Hunter (Rebbitzn), John Randolph (Rebbe), Kathleen Chalfant (beggar woman), Peter Jacobson (Schmuel), Edie Falco (Felga), Tim Jerome (Dr Bauer), Phyllis Newman (Mrs Gelbart), Joyce Reehling (Shaindy), Shelton Dane (Yossi), Jackie Ryan (young Sonia), Faran Tahir (Hrundi Kapoor), Martin Shakar (Mr Berman), Teodorina Bello (Mrs Garcia), Glenn Flesher (Chief Gabbal), Adam Dannheisser (young Gabbal 1), Stephen Singer (Gabbal 2), Marvin Einhorn (Gabbal 3), Mark Zimmerman (doctor), Richard 'Izzy' Lifshutz (the noel), David Deblinger (Baruch), Sam Jennings (Heshle), Erin Rakow (Tsipi), Asher Tabak (Yechlel), Allen Swift (Mr Fishbein), Daryl Edwards (Nelson), Peter Slutsker (Mr Sugarman), Lauren Klein (Sonia's mother), Tonye Patano (earring woman), Don Wallace (Ty), Asia Minor (homegirl), Roseanna Plasencia (homegirl 2), Jerry Matz (Mr Engelberg), Michael Sthulbarg (young Hasid), Karen Contreras (young woman), Wai Ching Ho (lady vendor), Mel Duane Gionson (paranoid vendor), Paul J.Q. Lee (smooth vendor), Leyla Aalam (Israeli woman)