One Night Only! Thursday, October 27th!

All I Did Was Get Born

starring Comedian Ziggy Klett

to benefi t Reading Works

Get your tickets at
themapletheater.com

Tickets are $40/$50 and
include a pre-glow appetizer reception
For more info please contact www.readingworksdetroit.org

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Saturday Night) convinces him to
steal the pickle recipe. Joey, a DJ
who needs to replace his recently
destroyed equipment so he can DJ
his daughter’s upcoming bat mitz-
vah, reluctantly agrees.
Despite the ill-intentions of Rose’s
son and grandson, the film is actually
a heartwarming family comedy with
some hilarious scenes — thanks to
not only a good script but also a lot of
improvisation — including one where
Joey’s non-Jewish friend pretends to
be a rabbi in an attempt to get Rose
to trust him with her recipe.

The script — minus this rabbi
scene — is loosely based on
Wolfson’s grandmother, a Russian
immigrant who went to her grave
with a pickle recipe that Wolfson
wishes she had shared before her
death.
Cohen, who said she hates watch-
ing herself on screen, was pleased
with the finished product.
“You’re only as good as the people
around you,” she said. “And I had
the good fortune to work with good
people and good material.”

scenes in the film, was selected more as
a matter of convenience than anything
else. It was the first Jewish cemetery
that could accommodate them at an
agreeable time. Ironically, when director
Michael Manasseri found the spot he
wanted to shoot from, Cohn told him to
look down — the spot was the location
of Cohn’s mother’s grave.
Beyond the recognizable images
of the area and the use of Michigan
products (like Faygo), many of the film-
maker, actors and crew are local. Even
Fox 2 news reporter Sherry Margolis has
a cameo in The Pickle Recipe — spoiler

alert: She plays a television reporter
doing a story on the deli that serves
Detroit’s famous pickles.
For those who sit through the closing
credits, there are dozens of recogniz-
able names receiving special thanks,
including Marla and Mark Canvasser,
Avern and Lois Cohn, Eleanor and Larry
Jackier, Shari Ferber Kaufman and Alon
Kaufman, Susie and Norm Pappas and
Lisa and Hannan Lis.
Topor’s Pickles, Geoff Kretchmer and
Star Trax and Annabel Cohen Cooks
Detroit also get shout outs during the
closing credits.

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For showtimes and to purchase tickets, please visit therivieracinema.com

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(off of 9 mile, just West of Middlebelt)

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Valid at The Maple & The Riviera
Expires 11/30/16

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