Keeping the Faith is a 2000 romantic comedy film directed, produced and co-starring Edward Norton. The film also stars Ben Stiller, Jenna Elfman, Eli Wallach, and Anne Bancroft.
Synopsis[]
A priest and a rabbi are reunited with their childhood friend who has now become the object of their affection, leading to a humorous love triangle that causes them all to question their faith.
Cast[]
- Ben Stiller as Rabbi Jacob "Jake" Schram
- Samuel R. Goldberg as Teenage Jake Schram
- Edward Norton as Father Brian Kilkenney Finn
- Michael Charles Roman as Teenage Brian Finn
- Jenna Elfman as Anna Reilly
- Blythe Auffarth as Teenage Anna Reilly
- Anne Bancroft as Ruth Schram
- Miloš Forman as Father Havel
- Eli Wallach as Rabbi Ben Lewis
- Holland Taylor as Bonnie Rose
- Lisa Edelstein as Ali Decker
- Rena Sofer as Rachel Rose
- Bodhi Elfman as Howard the Casanova
- Brian George as Paulie Chopra
- Ron Rifkin as Larry Friedman
- David Wain as Steve Posner
- Eugene Katz as Mohel
- Ken Leung as Don
- Susie Essman as Ellen Friedman
- Catherine Lloyd Burns as Debbie
- Radio Man (Craig Castaldo) as himself
- Brian Anthony Wilson as T-Bone
Trivia[]
- Edward Norton's directorial debut as well as his first non-R rated movie.
- Ben Stiller plays a rabbi. In real life, while Stiller's family was technically Jewish (he even had a Bar Mitzvah), his family was also Catholic and celebrated both Christmas and Hanukkah.