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User Rating:
6.2/10
(1,524 votes)
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Director:
Jonathan Kesselman
Writer:
Jonathan Kesselman
Release Date:
25 March 2004 (Australia)
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Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Part man. Part street. 100% kosher. more
Plot Outline:
An orthodox Jewish blaxploitation hero saves Hanukkah from the clutches of Santa Claus's evil son. more
Plot Keywords:
Christmas
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Desert Eagle
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Hanukkah
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Santa Claus
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Tribute
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User Comments:
Lame and obvious, but with a few funny Shaft references
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(Cast overview, first billed only)Adam Goldberg ... Mordechai Jefferson CarverJudy Greer ... Esther BloomenbergensteinenthalAndy Dick ... Damian ClausMario Van Peebles ... Mohammed Ali Paula Abdul RahimPeter Coyote ... JJL Chief BloomenbergensteinenthalNora Dunn ... Mrs. CarverSean Whalen ... Tiny TimTony Cox ... JamalRichard Riehle ... SantaMelvin Van Peebles ... SweetbackRachel Dratch ... TikvaHarrison Chad ... SchlomoJim Petersmith ... Skinhead BartenderAnnie McEnroe ... Mrs. HighsmithGrant Rosenmeyer ... Young Mordechaimore
MPAA:
Rated R for language, some sexual references and drug use.
Runtime:
85 min/ Argentina:87 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)
Country:
USA
Language:
English / Hebrew / Yiddish
Color:
Black and White/ Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:Unrated/ USA:R/ Australia:M/ Argentina:13
MOVIEmeter:
8% since last week
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Company:
Intrinsic Value Films
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Trivia:
The original script called for a cameo from US Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-Con), but Lieberman turned it down so the role went to former New York City mayor Edward I. Koch, who was recruited last-minute by one of the producers.
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Goofs:
Errors in geography: When the Hebrew Hammer travels from Ben-Gurion Airport to Jerusalem, the road in the desert is bisected by yellow lines. Roads in Israel, however, are bisected by white lines. The scene was actually shot in the Joshua Tree desert in California, and the actual road from Ben-Gurion Airport to Jerusalem is a major highway, not a two-lane road.
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Quotes:
Mordechai Jefferson Carver:
[talking on the phone] I need you to get in contact with the Worldwide Jewish Media Conspiracy and mass-produce every holiday movie that has a Jewish protagonist who is depicted in a positive light.
Chief Bloomenbergansteinthal:
So you want me to mass produce "Yentl," "Fiddler on the Roof," and Chaim Potok's "The Chosen"?
Mordechai Jefferson Carver:
Right.
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Movie Connections:
References I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Lame and obvious, but with a few funny Shaft references, 14 December 2003
Author:
Larry-115 from New York, NY
The Hebrew Hammer is a clever idea wasted, as the execution is weak.As
if
often the case with iconoclastic humor, it relies overly on outrage to
generate laughs, which simply isn't enough.Poor-taste humor has two
elements -- poor taste and humor -- and both are needed here, but the
humor
is pretty scarce.As a result, it is often painful to watch, all the more
so because of good attempts on the part of the performers, particularly
Adam
Goldberg as the HH himself.The Shaft references are funny, though, but
only to those who know those movies, and they certainly don't carry The
Hebrew Hammer.Another problem is that many of the jokes rely on knowledge of American
Jewish culture, and many in the audience will simply not understand the
jokes.
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