A Reuben By Any Other Name

Jewish Film, Comedy, Food, Short Film, Jewish Food, Fiction
Jeremy Dylan Lanni
4 minutes

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Synopsis

A REUBEN BY ANY OTHER NAME takes a hilarious look at the differences between Orthodox and Reform Judaism in terms of the Reuben sandwich. The four-minute film boasts great performances by an ensemble cast of familiar faces - Jasmine Anthony (Stephen King's 1408, Commander in Chief), Anita Barone (The War at Home, Daddio), Paul Ben-Victor (In Plain Sight, Entourage), Larry Cedar (The Crazies, Deadwood), Pamela Cedar, Alanna Ubach (Hung, Legally Blonde), and Matt Winston (John from Cincinnati, Little Miss Sunshine).

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Jeremy Dylan Lanni

Jeremy Dylan Lanni is an award-winning writer-director educated at Boston University, where he graduated summa cum laude in English Literature, and Yale University, where he earned two masters degrees in Renaissance Studies. Lanni's first film was a modern-day tragedy called Nobody Beats Charlie. The film was made on a micro-budget and won a $55,000 postproduction grant from the Digital Media Center in Portland, Oregon.

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