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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.

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