Next Stop, Greenwich Village

Director Paul Mazursky drew from his own formative experiences as a struggling New York actor in Next Stop, Greenwich Village. Lenny Baker plays Mazursky's alter ego, an aspiring Brooklyn-born thespian named Larry Lapinsky. When not parrying with his overprotective Jewish parents (Mike Kellin and Shelley Winters), Larry must contend with his "method"-happy acting teacher Herbert (Michael Egan); with actress Anita (Lois Smith), who is forever threatening to kill herself over imagined slights; with head-in-the-clouds Greenwich-Village poet Robert (Christopher Walken); and with Bernstein (Antonio Fargas), a black homosexual with an identity problem. Larry's future is threatened when his girl friend Sarah (Ellen Greene) gets pregnant, one of several crises facing this star-crossed couple throughout the film. Keep an eye peeled for young Bill Murray, Joe Spinnell and Jeff Goldblum in minor roles.