A Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.A Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.A Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 17 nominations total
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- (as Lynda Barron)
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- TriviaBarbra Streisand hand-picked Mandy Patinkin for this movie, and he politely declined several times because he did not like the script. He was eventually invited to Streisand's house where they could discuss the parts he wanted to change. He then agreed to be in the film.
- Quotes
Yentl: Why is it that every book I buy, every bookseller has the same old argument?
Yentl's Father: You know why.
Yentl: I envy them.
Yentl's Father: The booksellers?
Yentl: No, not the booksellers, the students. Talking about life, the mysteries of the universe and I'm learning how to tell a herring from a carp.
Yentl's Father: Yentl, for the thousandth time, men and women..."
Yentl: [cuts him off] have different obligations, I know, but...
Yentl's Father: [cuts her off] and don't ask why.
Yentl's Father: [sees her disappointment] Go on, get the book.
Yentl: Thank you, papa!
Yentl's Father: The shutters, darling.
Yentl: We don't have to hide my studying from God, then why the neighbors?
Yentl's Father: Why? Because I trust God will understand. I'm not so sure about the neighbors.
- Crazy creditsAt the very end of the closing credits: This film is dedicated to my father... and to all our fathers.
- SoundtracksWhere Is It Written?
(uncredited)
Music by Michel Legrand
Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Performed by Barbra Streisand
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Box office
- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $40,218,899
- Gross worldwide
- $40,219,251
- Runtime2 hours 13 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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