Underwhelming Presence
The movie opens with an empty house, cameras pan around from the perspective of what viewers are confused about at first, but turns out to be a spirit living in the home.
Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984)
A put-upon Jewish deli owner in Brooklyn dreams of getting out from underneath the thumb of his domineering father and his haughty fashion-model girlfriend by buying his own restaurant in midtown Manhattan.
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A put-upon Jewish deli owner in Brooklyn dreams of getting out from underneath the thumb of his domineering father and his haughty fashion-model girlfriend by buying his own restaurant in midtown Manhattan.
Rating:R
Genre:Comedy, Romance
Written By:Arnold Somkin
In Theaters:3/2/1984
Box Office:$837,914
Runtime:108 minutes
Studio:Golan-Globus Productions, The Cannon Group, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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