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West Bank Story (2005)
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a little singing, a little dancing, a lot of hummus.Plot:
A musical comedy set in the fast-paced, fast-food world of competing falafel stands on the West Bank... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
Palestinian | Star Crossed Lovers | Romeo And Juliet | Male Female Relationship | Love moreAwards:
Won Oscar. Another 5 wins moreUser Comments:
Vastly Overrated... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ben Newmark | ... | David |
 | Noureen DeWulf | ... | Fatima |
 | A.J. Tannen | ... | Ariel |
 | Joey Naber | ... | Ahmed |
 | Assaf Cohen | ... | Menorah Mickey |
 | Haguy Wigdor | ... | Ruvik |
 | Oren Rehany | ... | Uri |
 | Nicholas Massouh | ... | Mustafa |
 | Will Greenberg | ... | Shlomo |
 | Sharif Abrams | ... | Mahmoud / Masked Palestinian |
| Daniella Diezba | ... | Ludmila |
 | Keith Lal | ... | Mohammed |
| Raymond Del Barrio | ... | Bruce |
| Anthony Shams | ... | Palestinian Costumer |
| Roger Marks | ... | Israeli Customer |
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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
USA:21 minCountry:
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No change since last week
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Ariel: This is the last straw![pause]
Ariel: Terrorist!
Ahmed: Occupier!
[everyone else assembled laughs derisively]
Ariel: Oh, yeah?
Ahmed: Yeah.
Ariel: Oh, yeah?
Ahmed: Oh, yeah!
Ariel: Oh, yeah?
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| Overrated? | godjunior71 |
| This film is On Demand | d_stick17 |
| F@#$% | TheStuntRunt |
| Where can you see this? | kingsleysgirl45 |
| They ripped me off! | mrpeabody208 |
| The Palestinians | molloly |
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As a fellow young filmmaker whose credits up to this point have been mostly short films, it's hard for me to say this, but I was very disappointed by the much-hyped "West Bank Story". After hearing so many good things about the short and watching it win the Best Live Action Short Oscar, I was intrigued, and managed to get a copy of it from an associate. It must be said that "West Bank Story" has a great premise. Unfortunately, the premise is really the only thing about it that's great. The execution leaves much to be desired. The jokes, which could have been so much cleverer and sharper, are instead predictable, flat, and redundant, to the point where the movie just becomes tedious to watch. The acting is fine, and it's easy to see that the filmmakers used their budget to a nice extent, but it just seems like so much for so little. I have seen some of the other shorts that were up for the Oscar, and the fact that "West Bank Story" was the one that snagged the statue doesn't exactly flatter the Academy.