Number Our Days
{{short description|1976 film}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Number Our Days
| image =
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| director = Lynne Littman
| producer = Lynne Littman
| writer = Lynne Littman
Barbara Myerhoff
| narrator =
| starring = Harry Asimow
| cinematography = Neil Reichline
| editing = Lewis Teague
| studio = KCET
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|1976}}
| runtime = 28 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Number Our Days is a 1976 American short documentary film about a community of elderly Jews in Venice, California. It was directed by Lynne Littman and aired on KCET's news show 28 Tonight.{{Cite book| publisher = New York : Crowell| isbn = 978-0-690-01740-3| last = Barrett| first = Marvin| title = Rich news, poor news| accessdate = May 1, 2021| date = 1978| url = https://archive.org/details/richnewspoornews0000barr|page=129}} The Academy Film Archive preserved Number Our Days in 2007.{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=http://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=number+our+days&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}
Reception
Lee Margulies of the Los Angeles Times called Number Our Days "beautiful" and "a very human film, full of expressive faces and heartfelt emotion. It is full of compassion but never pity."{{Cite news| issn = 0458-3035| pages = –13| last = Margulies| first = Lee| title = Venice Jews in TV Documentary| work = Los Angeles Times (1923-1995)| location = Los Angeles, Calif., United States| accessdate = May 1, 2021| date = October 4, 1976| url = http://www.proquest.com/docview/158043043/abstract/326DDAB150CF494BPQ/4}} John J. O'Connor of The New York Times wrote that Number Our Days was "a moving portrait of loneliness, pride, humor, bitterness and dignity".{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = O'Connor| first = John J.| title = TV: Moving Study of the Elderly| work = The New York Times| accessdate = May 1, 2021| date = May 10, 1977| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1977/05/10/archives/tv-moving-study-of-the-elderly-number-our-days-on-channel-13.html}}
Number Our Days won an Oscar at the 49th Academy Awards, held in 1977, for Documentary Short Subject.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300412/Number-Our-Days/details |title=New York Times: Number Our Days |access-date=May 27, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520034406/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300412/Number-Our-Days/details |archive-date=May 20, 2011 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |date=2011 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1977 |title=The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners |access-date=June 12, 2019|work=oscars.org}} Number Our Days was cited when 28 Tonight won an Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award in 1978.https://dupont.org/1970s-archive
Cast
- Harry Asimow as Himself (archive footage)
- Barbara Myerhoff as Herself
- Lynne Littman as Herself (voice) (uncredited)
- Eddie Gurnick as band leader
References
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External links
- [http://www.directcinema.com/category/8/235 Number Our Days] at Direct Cinema Limited
- {{IMDb title|id=0074987|title=Number Our Days}}
- [https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip_526-k649p2xc5m Number Our Days] at the American Archive of Public Broadcasting
{{Academy Award Best Documentary Short |state=collapsed}}
Category:1976 short documentary films
Category:1976 independent films
Category:American short documentary films
Category:Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award winners
Category:American independent films
Category:Jews and Judaism in California
Category:Documentary films about old age
Category:Films shot in Venice, Los Angeles
Category:Documentary films about Jews and Judaism in the United States
Category:1970s English-language films