First off, that “Funky Shtetl/Life is Hard for the Chosen Ones” song is totally pimpin. Second, these actors really have the Williamsburg (or as they say Vilyamsboorg) Chassidic personality down patsky even to the thrown up bekeshe when they sit down for coffee. Third, the whole Agent is a Shvigger thing was brilliant. Fourth, bumping into Jeremy Piven at a street light and convincing him to be in this trailer is just totally awesome. I’m not sure that this is anything more than a Short Film/Fake Preview, but if it is I wanna do a back to back movie night with “Borat” and “Changing Hollywood” ch-ch-check it out.
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