Steve Gomer is an American film and television director .
12-629: He made his directorial debut with Sweet Lorriane (1987), starring Maureen Stapleton , and went on to direct Fly by Night [ fr ] (1993), Sunset Park (1996) (starring Rhea Perlman ) and Barney's Great Adventure (1998), based on the Barney & Friends television series from (1992-2010). Gomer shifted into television directing in 2000 with the "Hanlon's Choice" episode of Chicago Hope . He has since directed for Gilmore Girls , Ally McBeal , Joan of Arcadia , The Unit , Private Practice and several other programs. After
24-478: A hiatus of six years, Gomer returned to directing with All Saints (2017), based on the true story of preacher Michael Spurlock and the All Saints Church. All Saints proved to be his most critically and commercially successful film, earning a 95% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a worldwide box office gross of $ 5.9 million on a budget of $ 2 million. This article about a United States film director
36-542: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a television director is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sweet Lorraine (film) Sweet Lorraine is a 1987 American film directed by Steve Gomer in his directorial debut. The film draws from Gomer's adolescent experiences at the Heiden Hotel in the Catskills. During summer, Molly Garber meets her grandmother Lillian at
48-598: Is an American author who writes and lectures about American culture and society, Jewish life, and mystery fiction. He is best known for his book The Haunted Smile: The Story of Jewish Comedians in America and his Danny Ryle Mysteries series. He writes intermittently about Bob Dylan and popular culture for The Best American Poetry blog. Epstein was born in New York City and raised there and in Sag Harbor, New York. His father
60-513: The "affection that inspired it" carried the film. In a review for The New York Times , Janet Maslin stated that the film lacked "polish and momentum" but that it had a "cheerful, good-natured feeling". She described Sweet Lorraine as a "a friendly, agreeably aimless portrait of the Heiden". Larry Kart of the Chicago Tribune gave Sweet Lorraine a less than favorable review. He described
72-473: The "odd" casting choices were also criticized, due to the not being Jewish despite the film's "explicitly Jewish" atmosphere. Kart concluded his review by praising Freddie Roman's performance, and by stating that Gomer's "low-key approach gives the film the feel of an anecdote that has been mounted for public television, not theatrical release". In his book American Jewish Films: The Search for Identity, Lawrence J. Epstein states that Sweet Lorraine captured
84-545: The Lorraine, a Catskills resort that appears to be nearing the end of its days. Owned by Lillian, The Lorraine, once the crown jewel of the Borscht Belt , is now dilapidated, staffed by a number of rambunctious kids, and barely held together by a single handyman. The hotel is being pursued by developers and the returning clientele comes to stay more out more out of nostalgia than anything. The film follows Molly's camaraderie with
96-463: The film as a "lukewarm cinematic blintz" and as "aggressively nice and rather bland" compared to Dirty Dancing , a romantic drama also set in a Catskills resort and released that same year. Kart criticized the film's pace, stating that the Sweet Lorraine was hampered by " a lack of dramatic heat" and that "not enough happens to make it more than a moderately pleasant way to pass the time". A few of
108-622: The nostalgia of the Catskill resorts more authentically compared to Dirty Dancing , and that the Lorraine "transcends the location to become a metaphor for what humans should do with their own pasts." In Irwin Richman's book Catskill Hotels, Sweet Lorraine is described as an "exceptional movie about Catskill hotel life". New York Magazine described the film as a comedy. Lawrence J. Epstein Lawrence Jeffrey Epstein (born 1946)
120-459: The staff and the bond she has with her grandmother, her affair with the hotel's sole handyman, and her subsequent determination to rescue the Lorraine from being sold. Sweet Lorraine was shot at the Heiden Hotel before it was demolished. Michael Wilmington of the Los Angeles Times stated that at times the story got "as threadbare as the Lorraine", but pointed out that its sincerity and
132-418: The story of Jewish comedians in America starting at the turn of the 20th century…Then I traced the history of the comedians through vaudeville , radio, movies, and tv…I was interested, for example, in how one generation of comedians influenced another. I got to go to a Friars Roast and go backstage at a comedy club. I also interviewed more than 70 people…I wanted to include the struggles Jewish comedians had, and
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#1732856066745144-614: Was a merchant and Veterans’ Counselor. His mother was a photographer and housewife. He got a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from the University at Albany . From 1974 until 2008 he was a professor of English at Suffolk County Community College , where he also held jobs as assistant head of the Department of English and chairperson of the Humanities Division. In an interview, Epstein described his intentions for The Haunted Smile : “I wanted to tell
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