Summary
It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.
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Cast
Michael Stuhlbarg
Larry Gopnik
Richard Kind
Uncle Arthur
Fred Melamed
Sy Ableman
Sari Lennick
Judith Gopnik
Aaron Wolff
Danny Gopnik
Peter Breitmayer
Mr. Brandt
Ari Hoptman
Arlen Finkle
Alan Mandell
Rabbi Marshak
Amy Landecker
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George Wyner
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Michael Tezla
Dr. Sussman
Katherine Borowitz
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Steve Park
Clive's Father
Allen Lewis Rickman
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Yelena Shmulenson
Shtetl Wife
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Raye Birk
Dr. Shapiro
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Larry's Secretary
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Rabbi Scott
Adam Arkin
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Michael Lerner
Solomon Schlutz
Charles Brin
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Warren Keith
Dick Dutton (voice)
Tim Russell
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Scott Thompson Baker
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Punnavith Koy
Physics Nerd (uncredited)
Amanda Day
Physics Student (uncredited)