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.[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
External links
- Over the Brooklyn Bridge at IMDb
- Over the Brooklyn Bridge at the TCM Movie Database
- Over the Brooklyn Bridge at Rotten Tomatoes