Bye Bye, Braverman (1968)
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Bye Bye Braverman is a bittersweet adaptation of Wallace Markfield's coldly cynical novel To an Early Grave. Braverman, an idealistic minor author, dies; his four best friends, writers who in one way or another have all sold out, decide to attend his funeral. The foursome includes a disenchanted… More Bye Bye Braverman is a bittersweet adaptation of Wallace Markfield's coldly cynical novel To an Early Grave. Braverman, an idealistic minor author, dies; his four best friends, writers who in one way or another have all sold out, decide to attend his funeral. The foursome includes a disenchanted magazine writer (George Segal), a poet (Jack Warden), a book reviewer (Sorrell Booke), and an embittered bellyacher (Joseph Wiseman). Taking a picaresque journey from Greenwich Village to Brooklyn, the quartet never quite gets to the funeral, but their odyssey unearths many a self-revelation and previously unspoken truth. Like its four leading characters, Bye Bye Braverman loses its way towards the end, bringing this otherwise insightful comedy/drama to a muddied conclusion. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Sidney Lumet
- Written By
- Wallace Markfield, Herbert Sargent
- Genres
- Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Feb 21, 1968 Limited
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
One of Sidney Lumet's most personal and Jewish films is not necessarily one of his best, but it's well acted.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Satiric bittersweet funeral pic with a healthy dose of Jewish humor and a droll travelogue look at the NYC landscape.
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Cast
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George Segal
as Monroe Rieff
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Jack Warden
as Barnet Weiner
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Joseph Wiseman
as Felix Ottensteen
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Sorrell Booke
as Holly Levine
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Phyllis Newman
as Myra Mandelbaum
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Jessica Walter
as Inez Braverman
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Zohra Lampert
as Etta Rieff
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Godfrey Cambridge
as Cab Driver
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Alan King
as Rabbi
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Susan Wyler
as Pilar
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Anthony Holland
as Max Ottensteen
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Leib Lensky
as Custodian
