Deli Man
2015 · 91 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 571 VOTES · DIR. Erik Anjou
Overview
Every story needs a brave and trustworthy guide, and Deli Man’s is the effusive and charming Ziggy Gruber, a third-generation delicatessen man - his uncle and great-uncle owned Berger’s in the diamond district, and the Woodrow Deli on Long Island. His grandfather owned the famous Rialto Delicatessen on Broadway, and Ziggy was stuffing cabbages atop of a crate when he was eight. Now he is owner and maven (as well as a Yiddish-speaking French trained chef) of one of the country’s top delis, Kenny and Ziggy’s in Houston – yes, Texas…Shalom y’all. Of course the story of deli isn’t Ziggy’s alone. Deli Man has visited meccas like the Carnegie, Katz’s, 2nd Avenue Deli, Nate ‘n Al, and Canter’s, as well as interviewed some of the great connoisseurs of deli, including Jerry Stiller, Alan Dershowitz, Freddie Klein, Dennis Howard, Jay Parker (Ben’s Best), Fyvush Finkel, and Larry King. - ComingSoon.net
Dialogue Timeline — 1,750 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:07:35 really quite distinct
00:11:25 you meshugganah?
00:14:26 Ziggy has his own head
00:18:14 ( Marilyn ) - And then Kenny and Ziggy's
00:21:25 (keys rattling)
00:24:24 - I look at the numbers from the deli and I cry.
00:27:30 ( Mary ) I'm Ziggy's in-house doctor.
00:30:53 I wanted to collect these menus because
00:34:22 one of his best customers was Henny Youngman.
00:37:19 You know, but I don't want to pay for the whole thing.
00:40:19 So chicken, of course, rules.
00:43:56 ( Ziggy ) Maybe we can get them all in.
00:46:57 - Okay.
00:49:39 - (laughing)
00:52:32 - The first time when we were here working was when
00:55:31 We cut fish European style.
00:58:24 sent him to Siberia.
01:01:22 is woven into the social fabric as kosher delis.
01:04:25 - Yeah. - Well...
01:07:47 and you have the whole synagogue on the top there.
01:10:57 What was very shocking in the whole event was...
01:13:45 they do this Jewish fusion stuff.
01:16:44 from our baker, which is two or three blocks away.
01:21:22 and the Passover have all been great ways for me