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Bruce Jay Friedman has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1980s.
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New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes 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.
Dir. Sidney Poitier · With Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Georg Stanford Brown

Three days into his Miami honeymoon with needy and unsophisticated Lila, Lenny meets tall, blonde Kelly. This confirms his fear that he has made a serious mistake and he decides he wants to be with Kelly instead.
Dir. Elaine May · With Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Jeannie Berlin

A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid.
Dir. Ron Howard · With Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, Eugene Levy