Over the Brooklyn Bridge

Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984)

A Comedy that spans 1 mile, 2 romances, 3 careers, 4 days, 5 relatives and $379,000.

A put-upon Jewish deli owner in Brooklyn dreams of getting out from underneath the thumb of his domineering father and his haughty fashion-model girlfriend by buying his own restaurant in midtown Manhattan.

Date of release
1984-03-02
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Director
Menahem Golan

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: New York City

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.

Production

The film was budgeted at $4 million and scheduled for six weeks. Golan completed it in five weeks, $500,000 under budget.

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