Over the Brooklyn Bridge

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.

Over the Brooklyn Bridge
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	March 2, 1984 (1984-03-02)
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 "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

• List of films featuring diabetes