George Segal
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Running time. 94 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Bye Bye Braverman is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lumet. The screenplay by Herbert Sargent was adapted from the 1964 novel To an Early Grave by Wallace Markfield .
- Sidney Lumet
- Peter Matz
Bye Bye Braverman: Directed by Sidney Lumet. With George Segal, Jack Warden, Joseph Wiseman, Sorrell Booke. Four Jewish intellectuals carpool to the funeral of their old friend Leslie Braverman, who died suddenly at age 41.
- (838)
- Comedy, Drama
- Sidney Lumet
- 1968-02-21
Sidney Lumet's "Bye Bye Braverman" is a good movie gone wrong. Its premise was promising: Four liberal Jewish intellectuals learn that one of their friends, Leslie Braverman, has dropped dead at the untimely age of 41. They set off together in a Volkswagen to attend his funeral, but at some time during that long Sunday afternoon their trip turns into an odyssey of unfulfilled ambition ...
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Bye Bye Braverman 1968 1 hr. 34 min. Comedy Drama List 33% 9 Reviews Tomatometer 34% 250+ Ratings Audience Score One day, Morroe Rieff (George Segal) learns that his friend and fellow writer ...
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- George Segal
- Sidney Lumet
- Comedy, Drama
Bye Bye Braverman - When writer Wallace Markfield died in 2002 at the age of 75, obituaries recalled that he had been frequently hailed as a Brooklyn Jewish literary descendant of James Joyce. Prior to 1964, he was a fairly obscure contributor to literary journals; in that year he published his breakthrough novel To an Early Grave, earning much ...
- Sidney Lumet, Burtt Harris, Alan Hopkins
- George Segal
Early one Sunday morning in New York, Morroe Rieff is shocked to learn that his friend Leslie Braverman, a fellow writer and intellectual, is dead. Morroe visits his friend's widow, Inez, and receives the second shock of the day when the supposedly bereaved widow tries to make love to him. Pulling himself together, Morroe prepares to attend the ...
Sidney Lumet. Director. Wallace Markfield. Novel. Herbert Sargent. Screenplay. One day, Morroe Rieff learns that his friend and fellow writer, Leslie Braverman, has died. After meeting Leslie's widow, Inez, who is more flirtatious than grieving, Morroe joins up with three other writer friends, Barnet, Felix, and Holly to attend funeral services.
