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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Back to School
charli3 — 10 years ago(June 01, 2015 02:57 PM)
Thornton is not Jewish is he?
v_anzaldua — 10 years ago(June 08, 2015 03:56 PM)
No, Italian. He shortened his last name probably for the same reason that many others of his generation didto make himself sound more Americanized.
charli3 — 10 years ago(June 08, 2015 07:28 PM)
Right. I was thinking of how the Germans, Jewish, and Polish people changed the variation of their last names during that time. Ex Kryzewski to Kross, Brown from Von Bron ect
stevenackerman69 — 9 years ago(April 15, 2016 08:47 PM)
Yeah, that's what I thought too.
kylopod — 10 years ago(November 18, 2015 01:13 AM)
Of course, Dangerfield is Jewish, and so is Keith Gordon. It's common in Hollywood for Jews to play Italians and vice versa.