THE PLOT AGAINST HARRY plays like a brilliant cross between a poignantly realistic John Cassavetes film and a prime-era Woody Allen comedy. The film follows the uproarious rise-and-fall of Harry Plotnik (Martin Priest), a once-notorious Jewish gangster who finds his numbers racket slipping away after his release from prison. Under pressure from well-meaning relatives, Harry makes an erratic effort to go straight, triggering a series of humiliations and petty disasters. Unable to fit into either the criminal or civilian worlds, Harry becomes uniquely and irresolutely heroic--a modest, modern-day Job fated to be the butt of an endless stream of small-time cosmic jokes.
- NTSC Region 1
- Special “Making Of” Featurette with Director Michael Roemer and Cinematographer/Co-Producer Robert Young
- Filmmaker Biographies
- Interactive Menus and Scene Selection
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