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Marshall Brickman

Marshall Brickman

Writer, director and producer · Died November 29, 2024, aged 85 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Marshall Brickman (born August 25, 1941 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a screenwriter, best known for his collaborations with Woody Allen. He is also known for playing the banjo with Eric Weissberg in the 1960s, and for a series of comical parodies published in The New Yorker. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marshall Brickman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 25, 1939
Died
November 29, 2024 (aged 85)
From
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Works as
Writer, director and producer
Titles
12 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 40% in 30 days

What are Marshall Brickman's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Ironic 2 · Wry 2 · Earnest 7

Light 7 · Serious 3 · Dark 1

A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 3

Gentle 5 · Charged 5 · Intense 1

Steady 3 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 4

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

A split, not a type: Casual 5 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
4
Tense
5
Absurd
4
Joyful
4
Romantic
4
Other
10

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Marshall Brickman's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Marshall Brickman's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

15 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Jersey Boys(2014)

    Musical · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Sounds from a Town I Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as (uncredited)

  • Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • Intersection(1994)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
  • Manhattan Murder Mystery(1993)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • For the Boys(1991)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • The Manhattan Project(1986)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • Lovesick(1983)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • Simon(1980)

    Director · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Manhattan(1979)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Annie Hall(1977)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Sleeper(1973)

    Associate Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • Woody Allen Looks at 1967 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Writer

  • Kraft Music Hall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 15 titles from 1958 to 2014.

Film career

  • 2001Screen debut· Sounds from a Town I Love

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 15: 2 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting4 of 15: 1 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting12 of 15: 8 only writing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score65thProducing2 of 15: 0 only producing, 2 with another role

15 titles, 4 with more than one role — writing and directing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1950s1 · crew1960s1 · crew1970s3 · crew1980s3 · crew1990s3 · crew2000s3 · 2 acting · 1 crew2010s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Marshall Brickman's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 60th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 12 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed2

Reviewers score the dialogue 69/100 and the plot and story 45/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Marshall Brickman's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 2 · minimalMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles16–49 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 41 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 41 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 7 · minimalMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Marshall Brickman work with?

People who share at least 2 of Marshall Brickman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Diane Keaton shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles