Bye Bye Braverman (MOD) "The Wizard of Oz"

Bye Bye Braverman (MOD) "The Wizard of Oz"Serpico. Dog Day Afternoon. Prince of the City. In these gritty and distinguished films, director Sidney Lumet held a mirror up to his adopted hometown, New York. In Bye Bye Braverman, he uses a funhouse mirror. The result is hilarious, satiric, wise, giddy and no less trenchant. Sparked by a blue ribbon cast, the film follows four Jewish intellectuals jammed into one Volkswagen and squabbling nonstop en route to the funeral of their friend Leslie

Now they need a hero to go with it

plays flabbergasted Nick

In the South

Mary has big plans after her release

Scraping by on his Big Sur ranch

Her trenchant portrayal of Mary - tough and tender

New York Globe Columnist Jimmy Russell (Douglas Fairbanks

an atmospheric film noir of rainy nights

but only a devoted

in Blu-ray 3D™

Nugent in The New York Times

directed by WS