(Jewish American film) THE CHOSEN (Jul 25, 1980) Film script

Los Angeles: Edie and Ely Landau Inc., 1980. Vintage original film script, 11 x 8 5/8″ (28 x 22 cm.), 112 pp. Printed wrappers, brad bound, mimeograph on pink paper, just about fine in near fine wrappers.

“Adapted from Chaim Potok’s best-selling novel, this film examines the differences among Orthodox Jews and conflicts between fathers and sons. Set in Brooklyn in the 1940s, the story focuses on two sons (Robbie Benson and Barry Miller) and two fathers (Maximilian Schell and Rod Steiger): Danny, the brilliant scion of a Hasidic dynasty in training to succeed his formidable father as Grand Rabbi; and Reuven, the son of a worldly progressive scholar.

“The boys develop a strong friendship and find themselves influenced by the other’s father. When the fathers enter into a bitter, passionate conflict over the issue of Zionism, their devoted and dutiful sons must part ways — until one makes the painful choice to oppose his father and claim his own destiny.” (National Center for Jewish Film)