The Goodbye Girl (1977)
- Directed by
- Herbert Ross
- Genre
- romantic comedy, comedy drama
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 186 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A struggling actor sublets a Manhattan apartment from a friend only to find the friend's ex-girlfriend and her young daughter already living there. The three mismatched people must share the space and gradually form an unexpected bond.
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What happens
The Goodbye Girl is a 1977 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross, written by Neil Simon and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings and Paul Benedict. The film, produced by Ray Stark, centers on an odd trio of characters: a struggling actor who has sublet a Manhattan apartment from a friend, the current occupant (his friend's ex-girlfriend, who has just been abandoned), and her precocious young daughter. Richard Dreyfuss won the 1977 Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Elliot Garfield. At the time, he became the youngest man (at age 30) to win an Oscar for Best Actor. Both Mason and Cummings were nominated for Oscars. The film became the first romantic comedy to earn $100 million in box-office grosses. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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