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Mitchell Lichtenstein

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  • Producer
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Mitchell Lichtenstein
Jayne and Laura are about to take on the first man they just might not be able to handle: their seventy-something-year-old father Joe. Dutiful daughters returning to the house they grew up in, Jayne and Laura are forced to take a closer look at their own not-so-perfect lives while dodging childhood memories. Laura suspects that Joe needs full-time care, but Jayne hopes that their father's condition isn't that serious. Joe is still singing and playing his old guitar, and the lively widower even has a new "ladyfriend," shameless and sassy Shelly. But as the visible moments of their father's impending senility increase, so do the dysfunctional family dynamics. Tensions flare as the close sisters must also juggle their own very different lives - Laura's busy schedule as an environmentalist and mother of two small children, and Jayne, desperate to finally have a baby with her workaholic art-dealing husband Jackson. Their adventures back home are not without magic, mischief and mayhem, and even a search for buried treasure in the backyard! Any tears that Jayne and Laura might shed will be happy ones.
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Mitchell Lichtenstein was born on 10 March 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Teeth (2007), The Wedding Banquet (1993) and Happy Tears (2009).
BornMarch 10, 1956
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BornMarch 10, 1956
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 9 nominations

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    Known for

    Jess Weixler in Teeth (2007)
    Teeth
    5.4
    • Producer
    • 2007
    Winston Chao, May Chin, and Mitchell Lichtenstein in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
    The Wedding Banquet
    7.6
    • Simon
    • 1993
    Happy Tears (2009)
    Happy Tears
    5.2
    • Producer
    • 2009
    Matthew Modine, George Dzundza, David Alan Grier, Guy Boyd, Mitchell Lichtenstein, and Michael Wright in Streamers (1983)
    Streamers
    6.5
    • Richie
    • 1983

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Lili Taylor in Modern Houses (2016)
      Modern Houses
      8.6
      Short
      • Architect's Partner (voice)
      • 2016
    • Twin Set
      4.9
      Short
      • Hamilton Albatross
      • 2002
    • Robert De Niro and Philip Seymour Hoffman in Flawless (1999)
      Flawless
      6.4
      • Gay Republican Spokesperson
      • 1999
    • Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
      Homicide: Life on the Street
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Adam Ralston
      • David Ralston
      • 1998
    • Tony Goldwyn, Maura Tierney, Hugh Dancy, Reid Scott, Mehcad Brooks, and Odelya Halevi in Law & Order (1990)
      Law & Order
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Eddie Chandler
      • Joe Gibb
      • 1995–1998
    • Tom Gilroy and Margaret Welsh in Ratchet (1996)
      Ratchet
      4.6
      • Tim Greenleaf
      • 1996
    • Dai shu nan ren (1995)
      Dai shu nan ren
      7.3
      • Dr. Peter Briggs
      • 1995
    • As the World Turns (1956)
      As the World Turns
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Gil
      • 1992–1993
    • Ted Danson, Shelley Long, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt, Nicholas Colasanto, and Rhea Perlman in Cheers (1982)
      Cheers
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Waiter
      • 1993
    • Winston Chao, May Chin, and Mitchell Lichtenstein in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
      The Wedding Banquet
      7.6
      • Simon
      • 1993
    • Blue Bayou (1990)
      Blue Bayou
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • Martin Vernet
      • 1990
    • Chelsea Field, Kristy Swanson, Suzanne Pleshette, and Susan Walters in Nightingales (1989)
      Nightingales
      7.4
      TV Series
      • 1989
    • Edward Woodward in The Equalizer (1985)
      The Equalizer
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Alex Hayes
      • 1987
    • Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas in Miami Vice (1984)
      Miami Vice
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Mark Jr.
      • 1984
    • Sean Penn, Donald Sutherland, and Tasia Valenza in Crackers (1984)
      Crackers
      5.2
      • Artiste
      • 1984

    Producer

    • Janet McTeer, Jena Malone, and Ed Stoppard in Angelica (2015)
      Angelica
      4.9
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Happy Tears (2009)
      Happy Tears
      5.2
      • producer
      • 2009
    • Jess Weixler in Teeth (2007)
      Teeth
      5.4
      • producer
      • 2007
    • Celia Weston, Daniel O'Neill & Friends in "Resurrection"
      Resurrection
      5.6
      Short
      • producer (uncredited)
      • 2004
    • Patriotic (2000)
      Patriotic
      4.8
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2000

    Director

    • Janet McTeer, Jena Malone, and Ed Stoppard in Angelica (2015)
      Angelica
      4.9
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Happy Tears (2009)
      Happy Tears
      5.2
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Jess Weixler in Teeth (2007)
      Teeth
      5.4
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Celia Weston, Daniel O'Neill & Friends in "Resurrection"
      Resurrection
      5.6
      Short
      • Director
      • 2004

    Videos3

    Happy Tears
    Trailer 2:18
    Happy Tears
    U.S. trailer: Teeth
    Trailer 1:52
    U.S. trailer: Teeth
    U.S. trailer: Teeth
    Trailer 1:52
    U.S. trailer: Teeth
    Streamers
    Trailer 1:25
    Streamers

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    • Born
      • March 10, 1956
      • Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    • Parents
      • Roy Lichtenstein

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