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''Yentl'' is a 1983 Academy Award and Golden Globe Award winning American Film . It is based upon the Short Story " Yentl, The Yeshiva Boy ", by Isaac Bashevis Singer . Barbra Streisand was Producer , Director , writer and star. Jack Rosenthal was also involved in the writing for this movie. It won an Academy Award for Original Song Score , composed by Michel Legrand , to lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman . PLOT The film is about a young Jew ish woman named Yentl (played by Streisand) living in Poland during the early 20th Century . Her widowed father has encouraged his knowledge-curious daughter by teaching her the Talmud in secret, despite religious restrictions barring women from such study. Upon his death, she disguises herself as a man (under the name of her deceased brother Anshel) and travels to another town in order to continue these studies at a Yeshiva (a religious school). Soon, however, Yentl's disguise entwines her in a Gender-bending entanglement with her study-partner Avigdor (played by Mandy Patinkin ) and Avigdor's intended, Hadass (played by Amy Irving ). MUSIC Except for an accompanimental melody hummed by Irving during one number, the solo vocals for all the songs in the film are performed by Streisand in the form of Soliloquies . Perhaps best known of these are "The Way He Makes Me Feel" and "Papa, Can You Hear Me?". Some numbers, such as "This Is One of Those Moments" and "Tomorrow Night" are weaved intricately into the dialogue and action of the respective scenes. Two of the songs -- "The Way He Makes Me Feel" and "No Matter What Happens" -- were recorded also in studio versions by Streisand. AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS :Nominated: Best Art Direction :Nominated: Best Supporting Actress ( Amy Irving ) :Nominated: Best Song (''The Way He Makes Me Feel'') :Nominated: Best Song (''Papa, Can You Hear Me?'') :Won: Best Director - Motion Picture ( Barbra Streisand ) :Nominated: Best Original Score :Nominated: Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical Or Comedy ( Mandy Patinkin ) :Nominated: Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical Or Comedy ( Barbra Streisand ) :Nominated: Best Original Song (''The Way He Makes Me Feel'')
:Nominated: Best Album Of Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special
:Nominated: Worst Musical Score :Nominated: Worst Actor ( Barbra Streisand ) :Nominated: Worst Supporting Actress ( Amy Irving )
:Won: Special Silver Ribbon (Best New Director of a Foreign Film) SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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