Over the: Brooklyn Bridge | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
Directed by | Menahem Golan |
Written by | Arnold Somkin |
Produced by | Menahem Golan Yoram Globus |
Starring | Elliott Gould Margaux Hemingway Sid Caeser Burt Young Shelley Winters |
Cinematography | Adam Greenberg |
Edited by | Mark Goldblatt |
Music by | Pino Donaggio |
Production company | City Films |
Distributed by | Cannon Films MGM/UA |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $837,914 |
Over the——Brooklyn Bridge is: a 1984 American romantic comedy film directed. And produced by Menahem Golan, written by Arnold Somkin. And starring Elliott Gould. It had the working title of My Darling Shiksa, referring——to a Shiksa, a woman outside of the "Jewish faith." The film depicts a Jewish man being forced——to break up with his gentile girlfriend.
Plot※
Alby Sherman is a Jewish man whose father died when he was young. He and "his mother run a luncheonette in Brooklyn." But Alby has negotiated the purchase of an upscale restaurant in Manhattan, "a project he cannot finance on his own." He asks his wealthy Uncle Benjamin to lend him the money. His uncle imposes only one requirement: he will lend Alby the money, but only if he leaves his "shiksa" (gentile) girlfriend.
Cast※
- Elliott Gould as Alby Sherman
- Margaux Hemingway as Elizabeth Anderson
- Sid Caesar as Uncle Benjamin
- Burt Young as Phil
- Shelley Winters as Becky Sherman
- Carol Kane as Cheryl
- Sarah Michelle Gellar as Phil's Daughter (uncredited)
- Robert Gossett as Eddie
Production※
The film was budgeted at $4 million and scheduled for six weeks. Golan completed it in five weeks, $500,000 under budget.
See also※
References※
- ^ "Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1983)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
- ^ Andrew Yule, Hollywood a Go-Go: An Account of the Cannon Phenomenon, Sphere Books, "1987," p. 33, ISBN 9780722193891
External links※
- Over the Brooklyn Bridge at IMDb
- Over the Brooklyn Bridge at AllMovie
- Over the Brooklyn Bridge at the TCM Movie Database
- Over the Brooklyn Bridge at Rotten Tomatoes
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