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Coco is an animated film from Disney/
Pixar studios. Capsule plot: Twelve-
year-old Miguel dreams of becoming
an accomplished musician like his
idol, deceased musi-
cian Ernesto de la Cruz.
However, his family has
a generations-old ban on
music. He ignores this
and journeys to the Land
of the Dead where he
meets Hector, a charming
“trickster,” and together
they unlock the real story
behind Miguel’s family
history (opens Nov. 22).
Hispanic actors voice
Unkrich
all the characters. Lee
Unkrich, 50, directed
the film and co-wrote the
story that is the basis for
the screenplay. Unkrich
won the Oscar for Best
Animated Film in 2011
(Toy Story 3, which he
produced and directed).
He’s co-directed many
other Pixar hits. Lee
and his wife, Laura,
are members of a San
Bloom
Francisco-area syna-
gogue.
Molly’s Game, directed
and written by Aaron
Sorkin, 56, is based on
the real experiences of
Molly Bloom, now 39.
When she was 26, she
became the target of an
FBI investigation because
she ran an underground
poker empire for celebri-
ties and the Russian mob.
Streisand
Bloom, the daughter of a
Jewish father and a non-
Jewish mother, is played
by Jessica Chastain. Her
father, played by Kevin
Costner, is a major char-
acter in the film. I know
Molly’s brother, Jeremy
Bloom, a top snow skier
and former NFL player,
identifies as a Christian.
Not sure about Molly
(opens Nov. 22).
Deutscher
The Current War tells
the story of the battle
between Thomas Edison
and George Westinghouse as to whose
system will be chosen to provide elec-
tricity to homes and businesses in the
late 1880s. Sounds dry — but this
was a battle royal, with some really
weird twists. Michael Shannon plays
Edison and Benedict Cumberbatch plays
Westinghouse. The original screenplay is
by Michael Mitnick, 34, the author of
several hit regional theater plays (opens
Nov. 24).
MUSICAL NOTES
On Nov. 22, Netflix will begin streaming
Barbra: The Music…The
Mem’ries…The Magic!
This concert film was
made during Barbra
Streisand’s last concert
tour. Streisand, 75, is
joined by many celebrity
guests, including Seth
MacFarlane, Jamie Foxx,
Alec Baldwin, Hugh
Jackman and Melissa
McCarthy.
On Nov. 5, 60 Minutes
profiled Alma Deutscher,
a 12-year-old music
prodigy who is charming,
upbeat and insightful.
She began playing piano
and violin before age 5,
has long been a virtuoso
on both and began com-
posing at 6. At 10, she
wrote her first full-length
opera, Cinderella, which
premiered in Vienna last
December. (The prince is
a poet; Cinderella finds a
poem of his and puts it to
music.) It will be staged
by a San Jose company
next month.
Born and raised in
England, Alma is the
daughter of well-known
Israeli linguist Guy
Deutscher, 47. He’s a
university professor and
amateur musician in the
U.K., and his British wife
and Alma’s mother, Janie
Steen Deutscher, is an
academic (old languages)
and amateur musician, as
well. While I don’t know
if Janie is Jewish, I do
know that Alma has dual
Israeli citizenship. I was
charmed by a TV clip of
Alma, at age 8, appear-
ing on an educational
music program in Israel.
She seamlessly moved
from Hebrew to English
while chatting with the
show’s hosts. (The 60
Minutes story can be found by googling
“Alma Deutscher and 60 Minutes.”
For the Israeli TV program, enter this
in the YouTube search box: “Alma 8 on
Intermezzo with Arik.”) •