Bye Bye Braverman (1968)

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Writers:

Wallace Markfield (novel)
Herbert Sargent (screenplay)

Release Date:

21 February 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

This motion picture is conceived to erase the memory of Leslie Braverman who had the poor taste to drop dead, without warning, thereby inflicting on his family and friends all sorts of burdensome inconveniences--like, for openers, the funeral...

Plot:

Friends gather for the funeral of a friend. Sub-plots unfold as the group attempts to link-up to attend the funeral of their friend, Braverman.

Plot Keywords:

Funeral | Death | Friendship | Writer | Grief

Cast

George Segal	...	Morroe Rieff
Jack Warden	...	Barnet Weinstein
Joseph Wiseman	...	Felix Ottensteen
Sorrell Booke	...	Holly Levine
Jessica Walter	...	Inez Braverman
Phyllis Newman	...	Miss Mandelbaum
Zohra Lampert	...	Etta Rieff
Godfrey Cambridge	...	Taxi Driver
Alan King	...	The Rabbi
Graham Jarvis	...	Man on bus
Peter Gumeny
Susan Wyler	...	Pilar
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anthony Holland	...	Max
Leib Lensky
Ira Waldinger	...	Boy walking across lot

Runtime:

USA:94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved

Filming Locations:

Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Warner Brothers/Seven Arts

Movie Connections:

References 'Sciuscià' (Ragazzi) (1946)

a personal experience

to me this movie turns the biblical story of the Exodus on its head. Instead of leading His people into the Promised Land, Monroe(Segal)leads His people out of the Promised Land(Manhattan), and into the desert(Brooklyn), and they wander and wander. While there, each character comes to question his faith. The four main characters, assimilated Jews, have abandoned their traditions when we first meet them. Upon their return to their roots(Brooklyn),characters and situations confront them, that force them to look inward at themselves, and what they have become. Listen to the speeches carefully. King's, Cambridges'(brilliant cameo), and don't overlook Segal's at the cemetery addressing the headstones(just beautiful. Strange that this move as released in 1968,at the height of so much turmoil. BBB is an overlooked classic. This movie is so important to me, that when it finally is released on DVD, I will be the first on line to buy it. And, I don't even own A DVD player! But for this movie I might just buy one.