POTSDAM - Cinema 10 presents “Welcome to Kutsher’s: The Last Catskills Resort” on Monday, Nov. 2 at the Potsdam Roxy Theater, 20 Main St. at 7:15 p.m. Offering a long parting glance at …
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POTSDAM - Cinema 10 presents “Welcome to Kutsher’s: The Last Catskills Resort” on Monday, Nov. 2 at the Potsdam Roxy Theater, 20 Main St. at 7:15 p.m.
Offering a long parting glance at Kutsher’s, the last of the Jewish family-owned resorts in the once resplendent Catskills Borscht Belt, “the film is a witty look at the history and sociology that made the Jewish hotels and resorts of the region rise and, more recently, vanish,” writes George Robinson in The Jewish Week. One element that set Kutsher’s apart from its neighbors was its sports orientation: Wilt Chamberlain was a bellboy (he’s shown playing basketball in a Kutsher’s jersey and also seen handing suitcases to people through second-floor windows while standing on the lawn).
Comedians like Andy Kaufman, Alan King, Billy Crystal, Jerry Seinfeld, and Joan Rivers performed there; Leon Spinks, Muhammad Ali, Ray Charles and Rocky Marciano were celebrity visitors. Jordana Horn of The Jewish Daily comments that the film “lovingly lays out a grand smorgasbord of history, photos and film footage, and an appropriate dollop of nostalgic schmaltz.”
There will be a question and answer session with directors after the film.
The movie is about 72 minutes long and is not rated.
Tickets are $3.50 for students and seniors and $4.50 for general admission.