Focus (film)

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Focus
Directed by	Neal Slavin
Produced by	Robert A. Miller, Michael R. Bloomberg, and Neal Slavin
Written by	Arthur Miller (novel), Kendrew Lascelles (screenplay)
Starring	William H. Macy, Laura Dern, David Paymer
Distributed by	Paramount Classics
Release date(s)	2 May 2002
Country	United States
Language	English

Focus is a 2002 movie, starring William H. Macy, Laura Dern, and David Paymer based on a 1945 novel by playwright Arthur Miller.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 References
4 External Links

[edit] Plot

In the waning months of World War II, a mild mannered businessman, Lawrence 'Larry' Newman (Macy) and his new wife, Gertrude 'Gert' Hart (Dern) are mistakenly identified as Jews by their anti-Semitic Brooklyn neighbors. Suddenly the victims of religious and racial persecution, they find themselves aligned with a local Jewish immigrant (Paymer) in a struggle for dignity and survival.

[edit] Cast

William H. Macy ... Lawrence 'Larry' Newman
Laura Dern ... Gertrude 'Gert' Hart
David Paymer ... Mr. Finkelstein
Meat Loaf ... Fred (as Meat Loaf Aday)
Kay Hawtrey ... Mrs. Newman
Michael Copeman ... Carlson
Kenneth Welsh ... Father Crighton
Joseph Ziegler ... Mr. Gargan
Arlene Meadows ... Mrs. Dewitt
Peter Oldring ... Willy Doyle
Robert McCarrol ... Meeting Hall Man (as Robert Mccarrol)
Shaun Austin-Olsen ... Sullivan
Kevin Jubinville ... Mr. Cole Stevens
B.J. McQueen ... Mel
Conrad Bergschneider ... Tough's Leader

[edit] References

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