Bye Bye Braverman (1968)

Four Jewish intellectuals carpool to the funeral of their old friend Leslie Braverman, who died suddenly at age 41.

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Writers:

Wallace Markfield (novel), Herbert Sargent (screenplay)

Stars:

George Segal, Jack Warden, Jessica Walter

Cast

Cast overview:
George Segal	...	Morroe Rieff
Jack Warden	...	Barnet Weinstein
Jessica Walter	...	Inez Braverman
Godfrey Cambridge	...	Taxi Driver
Phyllis Newman	...	Myra Mandelbaum
Joseph Wiseman	...	Felix Ottensteen
Sorrell Booke	...	Holly Levine
Zohra Lampert	...	Etta Rieff
Alan King	...	The Rabbi
Susan Wyler	...	Pilar
Leib Lensky	...	Custodian

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

funeral | intellectual | carpool | journey | odyssey | 

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Taglines:

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...

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 February 1968 (USA)

Also Known As:

Addio Braverman

Filming Locations:

Broklyn Queens Expressway, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Brothers/Seven Arts

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although Joseph Wiseman played Anthony Holland's father, he was only ten years his senior.

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Goofs

When the VW is first seen it has a license plate of 2G-9193, but after it is hit by a taxi, the plate is 2G-9194 for the remainder of the movie. (Of note, the characters do not change vehicles as this occurs during a driving scene.)

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Quotes

Morroe Rieff: [Walking through the cemetery] Look at them. Quite a crowd!
Felix Ottensteen: [Crankily] Nobody here. All I see is granite!

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Connections

Featured in By Sidney Lumet (2015)

User Reviews

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.