Alan & Naomi
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Premise
After urging from his parents, 14-year-old Alan Silverman (Haas) develops an emotional friendship with Naomi Kirshenbaum (Zaoui), who has been deeply troubled since seeing her father killed by the Nazis in Europe.
Background
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Production
Alan & Naomi was the first project from Leucadia Film Corporation,[8] a Salt Lake City, Utah company founded in 1989[9] "by producers Sterling Van Wagenen and David Anderson and entrepreneur Ian Cumming".[8] It was also Van Wagenen's theatrical directorial debut; in the mid-1980s, he had also helmed a Holocaust television documentary called Inside the Vicious Heart.[8]
Release
During its original 1992 run, Alan & Naomi was released in 100 theatres in 19 U.S. cities.[8] On February 8, 1999, Canadian family-entertainment company CINAR acquired the film as part of its purchase of the twelve-title Leucadia library.[9]
Reception
The film won the Crystal Heart Award at the 1992 Heartland Film Festival. Vanessa Zaoui was also nominated for the 1993 Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress Co-starring in a Motion Picture.[10]
References
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External links
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- Alan & Naomi at Rotten Tomatoes
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- 1992 directorial debut films
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- Films set in 1944
- Films set in Brooklyn
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- American drama films
- 1990s American films
- American independent films
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