The Hebrew Hammer

The Hebrew Hammer is a film that was released in 2003. It stars Adam Goldberg, Judy Greer, Andy Dick, Mario Van Peebles, and Peter Coyote. The plot concerns a Jewish superhero known as The Hebrew Hammer who must save Hanukkah from an evil Santa Claus who wants to destroy Hanukkah and make everyone celebrate Christmas. The film is set up as a parody of blaxploitation films (Melvin Van Peebles even appears in it, as "Sweetback"). Director Jonathan Kesselman has jokingly dubbed it the first "Jewsploitation" or Jewish exploitation film ever.

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Film - 2003 - Adam Goldberg - Judy Greer - Andy Dick - Mario Van Peebles - Peter Coyote - Jewish - Superhero - Hanukkah - Santa Claus - Christmas - Blaxploitation - Melvin Van Peebles - Sweetback - Director - Jonathan Kesselman - Exploitation film

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The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and appeared at several other film festivals, Jewish and otherwise, during 2003. It had a limited theatrical run in late 2003, but the majority of its viewings came from a series of showings on Comedy Central in December of that year. This version of the movie was edited for television: all profanities were bleeped, and some scenes were cut. The DVD, released on November 16, 2004), contains the uncut version, which is rated R.

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Sundance Film Festival - Comedy Central - Television - Bleeped - DVD - 2004 - R

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