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About
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.
Theatrical
Jan 30, 1987
Box Office
$14.8M
Budget
$16.0M
Return
0.9x
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 6, 2001
Theaters
1
Director
Producers
Studio
Orion Pictures, Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions
Quotes
See all →Naming Dilemmas in a Family Conversation
Mother
If it's a girl, I thought we could name it Lola.
Father
Lola? What do you want her to be, a stripper?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
A Humorous Take on Conflict Resolution
Father
What do they want, those Nazis? To slaughter everyone on the planet?
Mother
The Nazis, the Communists. The world would be better off without any of them, believe me. Come here. You know what ] said, don't you? He said, to settle a war the leaders of the countries involved should meet in a stadium and fight it out with socks filled with horse manure.
[[W.C. Fields]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →D
Danny Aiello
Rocco
J
Jeff Daniels
Biff Baxter
M
Mia Farrow
Sally White
S
Seth Green
Joe
R
Robert Joy
Fred
J
Julie Kavner
Mother
Diane Keaton
New Year's Singer
R
Renée Lippin
Aunt Ceil
K
Kenneth Mars
Rabbi Baumel
J
Josh Mostel
Abe
T
Tony Roberts
"Silver Dollar" Emcee
W
Wallace Shawn
Masked Avenger
M
Michael Tucker
Father
D
David Warrilow
Roger
D
Dianne Wiest
Aunt Bea
M
Mike Starr
Burglar
P
Paul Herman
Burglar
D
Don Pardo
"Guess That Tune" Host
M
Martin Rosenblatt
Mr. Needleman
H
Helen Miller
Mrs. Needleman
