A Price Above Rubies (1998)

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R | 2 hr | Drama | Released: 3/25/1998 |Box Office Total: $1.1M

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Sonia, both attractive and self-determined, supresses her wandering soul under a gentle marriage to the promising young scholar Mendel and their infant son. Upon Mendel's appointment to a prestigious Yeshiva, the young family is folded into Brooklyn's Hasidic community. Sonia moves uncomfortably within the crowded community; strangely solitary but for the companionship an omnipresent Beggar Woman, and the aparition of her young brother Yossi, who died during their childhood. Mendel's close-knit family includes his firmly grounded sister Rachel and an entreprenurial brother, Sender. While the cloistered community fuses Sonia into its tapestry, Sender recognizes that Sonia shares his common desire to be a free-spirit. They strike-up an affair as Sender encourages her independence with a position at his select clientelle jewelry shop. As Sonia bests her competition, enchants and mingles with her customers, she finds a greater part of herself in a world that threatens both her security and future.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
3/25/1998

Studio	Credit
Miramax Records	Studio
Director	Credit
Boaz Yakin	Director
Cast	Credit
Renee Zellweger	Sonia
Christopher Eccleston	Sender
Julianna Margulies	Rachel
Allen Payne	Ramon
Glenn Fitzgerald	Mendel
Kim Hunter	Rebbitzn
John Randolph	Rebbe
Kathleen Chalfant	Beggar Woman
Peter Jacobson	Schmuel
Edie Falco	Felga
Tim Jerome	Dr Bauer
Phyllis Newman	Mrs Gelbart
Joyce Reehling	Shaindy
Shelton Dane	Yossi
Jackie Ryan	Young Sonia
Faran Tahir	Hrundi Kapoor
Martin Shakar	Mr Berman
Teodorina Bello	Mrs Garcia
Glenn Flesher	Chief Gabbal
Adam Dannheisser	Young Gabbal No 1
Stephen Singer	Gabbal No 2
Marvin Einhorn	Gabbal No 3
Mark Zimmerman	Doctor
Richard Lifshutz	The Moel
David Deblinger	Barush
Sam Jennings	Heshle
Erin Rakow	Tsipi
Asher Tabak	Yechlel
Allen Swift	Mr Fishbeln
Daryl Edwards	Nelson
Peter Slutsker	Mr Sugarman
Lauren Klein	Sonia's Mother
Tonye Patano	Earring Woman
Don Wallace	Ty
Asia Minor	Homegirl
Roseanna Plasencia	Homegirl No 2
Jerry Matz	Mr Engelberg
Michael Sthulbarg	Young Hassid
Karen Contreras	Young Woman
Wai Ching Ho	Lady Vendor
Mel Duane Gionson	Paranoid Vendor
Paul J Q Lee	Smoooth Vendor
Leyla Aalam	Israeli Woman
Production Credits	Credit
Bob Weinstein	Executive Producer
Lawrence Bender	Producer
Joann Fregalette Jansen	Co-Producer
John M Penotti	Producer
Harvey Weinstein	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
A Band Apart	Production Company
GreeneStreet Films International	Production Company
Film Four Limited	Production Company
Pandora Cinema	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Miramax Records	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Miramax Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Film Four Distributors	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
CCI	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
TriStar Pictures	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
New York, New York, USA
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Writer	Credit
Boaz Yakin	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
John B Finn	Accountant - payroll accountant
Marlus C Harding	Assistant Accountant
Margo A Myers	Production Accountant
Deborah Owen	Post-Production Accountant
Henry Winston	Post-Production Accountant
Jason Cramer	Post-Production Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Leslie Rollins	Set Decorator
Mitch Towse	Set Dresser
Eryka Seimon Henderson	Art Department Coordinator - art department facilitator
Ann Haywood	Scenic Artist - charge scenic artist
Elaine Houseman	Art Department - sculptures provider
Christopher DeTitta	Lead Person - leadman
Dan Leigh	Production Designer
John J Flugel	Set Dresser
Laura G Gillen	Scenic Artist
Dennis Lee Causey	Set Dresser
Julius Kozlowski	Scenic Artist
Cyd Fenwick	Scenic Artist
Robert Currie	Set Dresser - on-set dresser
Elizabeth Goodall	Scenic Artist
Gary Wimmer	Scenic Artist
Casting	Credit
Jordan Beswick	Casting Associate - casting associates
Douglas Aibel	Casting
Dena Trakes	Casting Associate - casting associates
Craft Services	Credit
Joe Facey	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
Francis A Porter	Camera Trainee
Chris Hayes	Camera Operator
Andrew Casey	Steadicam Operator
John Cambria	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Rossana Fiore	Camera - camera scenic artist
Abbot Genser	Photography - still photographer
Adam Holender	Director of Photography
Phil Hetos	Color Timer
Michael Cambria	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Pandora Cinema	Foreign Distribution Sales
Legal	Credit
Carlos K Goodman	Legal Services
Jeff Springer	Legal Services
Ann DuVal	Legal Services
Music	Credit
Lesley Barber	Music
Dan DiPrima	Music Editor
Jesus Alemanys Icabanismoi	Song Performer
David Low	Music Contractor
Ken Kugler	Music Conductor
Orlando Valle	Song
Stuart Brawley	Music - music engineer
Jane Bunnett	Song
Jane Bunnett	Song Performer
Guillermo Baretto	Song
Production Management	Credit
Jeremy Pratt	Stage Manager
David Wechsler	Assistant Director
Joseph Zolfo	Assistant Location Manager
Heidi Vogel	Post-Production Supervisor
Ellen Gannon	Production Coordinator
Adam Brightman	Line Producer
Tom Betterton	Location Scout
Alexander Berberich	Location Assistant
Mary Gambardella	Script Supervisor
Seth Burch	Location Manager
Tracey D'Arcy	Post-Production Coordinator
Janet Henry	Location Assistant
Gary Scott	Assistant Location Manager
Marco Londoner	Assistant Director
Rick Lange	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Jabbar E McDonald	Location Assistant
Publicity	Credit
Tom Piechura	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Frederick H Stahly	ADR Editor
Eric Thompson	Foley Mixer
Jeff Vaughn	ADR Mixer
Geroge Leong	Boom Operator
Jason Lezama	Foley Editor
Jason Lezama	ADR - ADR recordist
Joan Rowe	Foley Artist
Timothy T Rakoczy	Assistant Sound Editor
Sergio Reyes	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Robert Fitzgerald	Sound Editor
Robert Fitzgerald	Sound Effects Editor
William Sarokin	Sound Mixer
Paul Curtis	Sound Editing - dialog editor
Elizabeth Flaum	Sound Effects Editor
John Chandler	Foley Editor
Burton Sharp	ADR - group ADR coordinator
Sean Rowe	Foley Artist
B Tennyson Sebastian III	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Richard W Murphy	Boom Operator - boom
Frederick H Stahly	Sound Editing - dialog editor
Stuv	ADR Editor
Stuv	Sound Editing - dialog editor
Katie Rowe	Foley Artist
Alan Kerr	Foley Artist
Visual Effects	Credit
Dan Perri	Titles - title sequence designer & producer
John M Ottesen	Special Effects Coordinator
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
John D Quaglia	Hair Stylist - key hairstylist
Sally Lesser	Costume Department - costume shopper
Winsome McKoy	Wardrobe Supervisor
Ellen Lutter	Costume Designer