Director
Jeremy Kagan
Actors
Robby Benson, Barry Miller, Maximilian Schell, Rod Steiger, Hildy Brooks, Kaethe Fine, Ron Rifkin, Robert John Burke, Lonny Price, Evan Handler, Douglas Warhit, Jeffrey Marcus, Stuart Charno, Richard Lifschutz
Runtime
1 h 45 min
Release Date
20 August 1981
Genres
Drama
Overview
The Chosen follows the story of two teenage boys determined to remain friends despite the deep differences between their two families. Set in New York during the 1940s, this provocative film follows the son of an orthodox rabbi and the son of a secular father, raised to question everything around him, including his religion. A moving coming of age story.

The book may be my favorite, maybe the better the book, the less chance a movie has, although the movie ain’t bad. The book was 50 years old when we read it, we learned some history, history of the times we grew up in almost.

Definitely read the book first.