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Bruce Jay Friedman
Writer 1930 - 2020

Bruce Jay Friedman

Нью-Йорк, США

Bruce Jay Friedman (April 26, 1930 - June 3, 2020) was an American author, screenwriter, playwright and actor.

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

5 titles
Splash

Splash

Ron Howard 1984 1h 50m 6.5

A star-studded cast including Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah and John Candy join together for this hilarious comedy. The fun starts when a successful businessman (Hanks) falls in love with the girl of his dreams (Daryl Hannah). There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid.

Doctor Detroit

Doctor Detroit

Michael Pressman 1983 1h 29m 5.0

A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College in Chicago. A chance encounter with four beautiful women at a restaurant changes his life forever.

Stir Crazy

Stir Crazy

Sidney Poitier 1980 1h 51m 6.0

New Yorkers, Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe, have no jobs and no prospects. They decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, and land jobs as woodpeckers to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a bank robbery, they no longer have to worry about employment -- they're sent to prison!

Steambath

Steambath

Burt Brinckerhoff 1973 1h 30m

Tandy, Merideth and assorted others unexpectedly wake up in a steambath with no easy exit. After spending some time there, it becomes clear that the steambath is a sort of Afterlife, where indifferent souls come to tell their stories to God who happens to be the attendant picking up the towels.

The Heartbreak Kid

The Heartbreak Kid

Elaine May 1972 1h 45m

Three days into his Miami honeymoon, New York Jewish Lenny meets tall, blonde Kelly. This confirms him in his opinion that he has made a serious mistake and he decides he wants Kelly instead. Her rich father is less than keen and lets everyone - including Lenny - know that he hates everything about him and the way he is going on.

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