About this title: This off-kilter German film attempts to tell a purely American story as filtered through European sensibilities. Joe Pesci plays Ruby Dennis, a Jewish bowling alley/nightclub manager in New Jersey. Despite his tacky surroundings, Ruby convinces himself that he's just about to hit the big time in Las Vegas. It takes him 100 minutes to realize that he's never going to be any better off than he is now. Just tap your bowling shoes together three times and say, "There's no place like Jersey." Tony Martin shows up in the film's highlight, a dream sequence in which a handful of songs co-written by ...
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Format: DVD
DVD region: 0
Studio: Passion Productions
Date: 02/02/2002
UPC:090328903435
Description: Joe Pesci, Ed O'Ross, Tony Martin, Frank Vincent, Ronald Maccone. New. 1982 Run time: 100. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Most orders ship same day. read more
Description: Brand New 6. In the gritty and low-budget DEAR MR. WONDERFUL (1982), Pesci stars a financially struggling Jersey City man who tries everything to make it big and escape the small, grim apartment he shares with his sister and her son. In the processes, he offends a local mobster--frequent Pesci costar Frank Vincent (RAGING BULL, GOODFELLAS, CASINO). read more
Format: VHS
Studio: United American Video
Date: 10/06/1998
UPC:084296064380
Description: Joe Pesci, Karen Ludwig, Frank V. Fine. Run time: 100. My box is titled Dear Mr. Wonderful, same movie, same stars. Photos: We now have a scanner in-shop and can provide you with a picture of this item if you do not currently see one. read more
Format: DVD
DVD region: 0
Studio: Passion Productions
Date: 02/02/2002
UPC:090328903435
Description: Joe Pesci, Ed O'Ross, Tony Martin, Frank Vincent, Ronald Maccone. New. 1982 Run time: 100. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Format: DVD
Screen format: Full Screen
DVD region: 1
Studio: Trinity Home Ent
Date: 01/10/2006
UPC:692865252436
Description: Ben Dova, Evan Handler, Paul Herman, Karen Ludwig, Ronald Maccone. New. 1982 Run time: 88. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Format: DVD
Studio: Legacy
Date: 1992
UPC:625282800799
Description: New. BRAND NEW SEALED. Joe Pesci, in his first major acting role, is a small man looking for a big break. Owner of a bowling alley and nightclub in Jersey, Ruby Dennis (Pesci) sets his sites on making it big in Vegas. But Ruby finds more than he gambled for and in the end is a much bigger man for it. Good Italian acting and actors, especially the young looking Frank Vincent from the Sopranos. read more
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