Over the Brooklyn Bridge
Over the Brooklyn Bridge is a 1984 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by Menahem Golan, written by Anrold Somkin, and starring Elliott Gould. It has the working title of My Darling Shiksa, referring to a woman outside of the Jewish faith.
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| Directed by | Menahem Golan |
| Produced by | Menahem Golan Yoram Globus |
| Written by | Arnold Somkin |
| Starring | Elliott Gould Margaux Hemingway Sid Caeser Burt Young Shelley Winters |
| Music by | Pino Donaggio |
| Cinematography | Adam Greenberg |
| Edited by | Mark Goldblatt |
Production company | City Films |
| Distributed by | Cannon Films MGM/UA |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $837,914[1] |
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 "shikse" (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.[2]
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