Name: The Bridge
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2006-10-27
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Kevin Hines, David Paige

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The Bridge is a controversial documentary that shows people jumping to their death from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco - the world's most popular suicide destination. Interviews with the victims' loved ones describe their lives and mental health.

Theatrical

Oct 27, 2006

DVD / Blu-ray

Jun 12, 2007

Box Office

$180K

Budget

$25K

Return

7.2x

Director

Eric Steel

Producer

Eric Steel

Studio

Easy There Tiger Productions

Keywords

suicide san francisco, california suicide attempt dying and death jumping golden gate bridge mental health mental health care

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Observations on a Bridge Crossing

Quotes He walked across the bridge from the south to the north side and then from north to south, which are typically tourists. I did not think the bridge jump, but it must have something about him that caught my attention." — director Eric Steel of Gene Sprague.

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

A Desire to Escape Through Flight

Quotes Why he chose the Bridge? I don't know… Maybe he just wanted to fly one time." — Caroline Pressley, friend of Gene Sprague, whose suicide is shown last in the film.

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.