if you be not familiar with movie history and then you do not know that thousand of film have be lose over time and from the silent era onwards . and many of these movie be landmark and because they so perfectly capture a unique time or place and or because of technical achievement or great acting . some lost movie be even blockbuster in their time but then begin to seem date and be quickly forget . reuben and reuben be an example of a relatively modern movie that be get that age old treatment . tom conti give a brilliant performance in this movie and and the support cast be great . the screenplay and direction be brilliant . and the subject matter be meaty and something adult can think on and discuss seriously . so and why be this movie virtually unheard of now . reuben and reuben be of it time the early eighty just before excessive style and slickness and and silly 50 style moralism and hokeyness take hold . a number of brilliant movie be release in 1983 alone educate rita and local hero and the big chill and term of endearment . this be a period when story telling be paramount and and movie unfold gently and with a respect for both real and theatrical time . i have come to believe that many of these great movie be slowly be forget on some conscious level while we the view public do not want to remember the best and a it will make u realize the amount of dreck that be now release and and make u maudlin and mournful . this please the movie industry no end it would prefer to have u come back again and again for sugary confection rather than supply u with something nutritious into which we can sink our teeth . hopefully and the internet and site like imdb will help to promote near forgotten gem like reuben and reuben and encouraging young movie fan to seek them out and then spread the word of their excellence . and and possibly and with grow recognition of really good cinema and the movie industry will not be so careless and neglectful .