DVD
Yentl
Call Number
- DVD MUSICAL (CEN, OSH)
Edition
Director's extended ed. ; Widescreen version.
Languages
Closed-captioned.
Performers
Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving, Nehemiah Persoff.
Publication Information
Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2009.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: PG.
Summary
Yentl Mendel is the boyish daughter and only child of long widowed Rebbe Mendel. He teaches Talmud to local boys and secretly to Yentl since girls are not allowed to learn the law. When her father dies, Yentl is left all alone. She makes the momentous decision to leave the village and, disguised as a boy and calling herself Anshel, she seeks and gets admitted to a Yeshiva to study. She befriends Avigdor who is engaged to Haddas. Her family calls off the wedding when they discover Avigdor's brother committed suicide. Anshel then finds 'him'-self in the awkward position of being called into service as substitute bridegroom.
Notes
Based on the story "Yentl, the Yeshiva boy" by Isaac Bashevis Singer.
DVD release of the 1983 motion picture.
Disc one contains both the extended cut and the theatrical version of the film.
Special features: Disc one: audio commentary by Barbra Streisand and Rusty Lemorande ; deleted scenes -- Disc two: introduction by Barbra Streisand ; "The director's reel" featurette ; the rehearsal process with materials from Barbra's archives ; "My wonderful cast and crew" featurette ; deleted song storyboard sequences ; Barbra's 8mm concept film with optional naration ; still galleries.