Minnie and Moskowitz

Minnie is an elegant museum worker who meets long-haired parking lot attendant Moskowitz when he comes to her rescue after a blind date gone bad. This volatile pair forms the centre of an oddball comedy romance, directed by John Cassavetes, about two people who have little in common besides their loneliness. The cast is rounded out with eccentric characters played by Timothy Carey and Val Avery, as well as most of the Cassavetes-Rowland family.

To understand the story of Minnie and Moskowitz and the relationship of the title characters through their fights, arguments, pounding on doors, the torture, the pain, the screaming and the eventual marriage, it is essential for the audience to first take itself back to when it cared. The romance takes place in a time before intellect. […] I began the movie by saying, “Here’s some sadness, some sadness that we all live in. Here’s some loneliness that we all feel.” The film takes people who are the center of that unhappiness and loneliness – they’re like you and me, they’re like everyone else, and they are seeking that trust and that one person they can talk with to begin with. And they find it.
John Cassavetes, as quoted by biographer Ray Carney

PRODUCTION:
Universal Pictures - Jen Hashida,
100 Universal City Plaza
91608 Universal City, United States of America
Tel: +1 8184621028
E-mail: jen.hashida@nbcuni.com

PRODUCTION AT THE TIME OF FILMING: 
​Universal Pictures

LAB:
StudioPost, A NBCUniversal Company

WORLD SALES:
Park Circus – Jack Bell
Soho Works, 180 Strand
WC2R 1EA Temple, London, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 0)141 332 2175
E-mail: info@parkcircus.com

PRESS OFFICE:
Aaron Rogers - NBCUniversal
Tel: +1 818) 777-2352 / +1 818) 749-0316
E-mail: aaron.rogers@nbcuni.com