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Fading Gigolo
State Theatre
Fri, Aug 1, 2014 9:00 AM
Sponsored by: Miner's North Jewelers and Arms & Cole - A Division of Hurst Mechanical
State Theatre
Sat, Aug 2, 2014 9:15 PM
Sponsored by: Bernard & Pamela Stover and Christine & Mike Zenn
What a delight to see Woody Allen in top form, riffing as Murray, owner of a cash-strapped rare books emporium. He sees an opportunity to save the store when his dermatologist (Sharon Stone) asks him to find a man who can help her realize the fantasy of a ménage à trois with her friend, Sofia Vergara. Murray talks his shy florist friend Fioravante (actor-writer-director John Turturro) into taking the job, and his remarkable skills lead to a lucrative series of meetings with other wealthy and lonely women. Everything goes remarkably well until Murray arranges a platonic meet-up with a lonely Hasidic widow (Vanessa Paradis), and a meaningful bond begins to form under the jealous and watchful eye of Liev Schreiber from her neighborhood’s Jewish police. It’s possibly the funniest, most tender, wryly observant, sepia-tinted, jazzy story about a gigolo ever made.
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