Bye Bye Braverman Plot Summary and Details

Plot

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.

MPAA Rating:

Not Yet Rated

Genre(s):

Comedy,Drama

Run Time:

94min.

Theatrical Release Date:

05/14/1995

Director(s):

Sidney Lumet

Starring:

George Segal , Jack Warden , Joseph Wiseman , Sorrell Booke