The Assistant (1998 film)

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1998 Canadian film

The Assistant

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Directed by| Daniel Petrie
Screenplay by| Daniel Petrie
Based on| The Assistant
by Bernard Malamud
Starring|

* Gil Bellows
* Armin Mueller-Stahl
* Joan Plowright
* Kate Greenhouse

Cinematography|

* Alain Dostie
* Philip Earnshaw

Edited by|

* Susan Maggi
* Peter Watson

Music by| Lawrence Shragge
Distributed by| Lionsgate Films

Release date

* May 1, 1998 (1998-05-01)

Running time

| 98 minutes
Country| Canada
Language| English

The Assistant is a 1998 drama film directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Gil Bellows, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Joan Plowright, and Kate Greenhouse. It is based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Bernard Malamud and was also the final theatrical film directed by Petrie before his death in 2004. It follows a young man who finds work at a shop at the turn-of-the-century, and falls in love with the owner's daughter, inflaming deeply religious origins. Filming took place in Toronto.

## Cast[edit]

* Gil Bellows as Frank Alpine
* Armin Mueller-Stahl as Morris Bober
* Joan Plowright as Ida Bober
* Jaimz Woolvett as Ward Minogue
* Frank Moore as Detective Minogue

## External links[edit]

* The Assistant at IMDb

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Films directed by Daniel Petrie

* The Bramble Bush (1960)
* A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
* The Main Attraction (1962)
* Stolen Hours (1963)
* The Idol (1966)
* The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
* A Howling in the Woods (1971)
* Moon of the Wolf (1973)
* The Neptune Factor (1973)
* The Gun and the Pulpit (1974)
* Buster and Billie (1974)
* Mousey (1974)
* Eleanor and Franklin (1976)
* Lifeguard (1976)
* Sybil (1976)
* Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977)
* The Betsy (1978)
* Resurrection (1980)
* Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981)
* Six Pack (1982)
* The Dollmaker (1984)
* The Bay Boy (1984)
* Half a Lifetime (1986)
* Square Dance (1987)
* Rocket Gibraltar (1988)
* Cocoon: The Return (1988)
* My Name Is Bill W. (1989)
* Lassie (1994)
* Kissinger and Nixon (1995)
* The Assistant (1998)
* Inherit the Wind (1999)
* Seasons of Love (1999)
* Walter and Henry (2001)
* Wild Iris (2001)

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