Goodbye, Columbus (1969)

Directed by

Larry Peerce

Genre

comedy drama, coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man from a working-class background begins a summer romance with a wealthy Jewish woman. Their relationship highlights the differences in their families' social standings and values.

lightheartedromanticbittersweetwittynostalgicobservationalyearningpoignant

What happens

Goodbye, Columbus is a 1969 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Larry Peerce from a screenplay by Arnold Schulman, based on the 1959 novella by Philip Roth. The film stars Richard Benjamin, Jack Klugman, Nan Martin, and Ali MacGraw. The story's title alludes to a phonograph record played by the brother of MacGraw's character, nostalgically recalling his athletic career at Ohio State in Columbus. The film was essentially MacGraw's film debut, as she had previously had only a bit part in the previous year's A Lovely Way to Die. The screenplay won the Writers Guild of America Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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