The Goodbye Girl
Dancer and divorcee Paula McFadden (Marsha Mason) and her ten-year-old daughter Lucy (Quinn Cummings) live in a Manhattan apartment with her married boyfriend, Tony DeForrest. Coming home from shopping, Paula finds Tony gone as he had suddenly deserted her to travel to Italy for a film role. Prior to his departure (and unbeknownst to Paula), Tony sublet the apartment to Elliot Garfield (Richard Dreyfuss), a neurotic but sweet aspiring actor from Chicago, who shows up in the middle of the night expecting to move in. Paula, who is demanding, cynical, and neurotic, makes it clear from the start that she does not like Elliot, but reluctantly lets him move in. They argue about boundaries, with Elliot agreeing to allow Paula and Lucy to stay.
MPAA Rating: | PG |
Genre: | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Roger M. Rothstein, Ray Stark |
Directed By: | Herbert Ross |
Written By: | Neil Simon |
Cast: | Jeanne Lange, Jose Machado, Andy Goldberg, Powers Boothe, Robert Kerman, Joe Regalbuto, Ruby Holbrook, Peter Vogt, Theresa Merritt, Barbara Rhoades, Robert Lesser, Wendy Cutler, Patricia Pearcy, Joseph Carberry, Marsha Mason, Raymond J. Barry, Maureen Moore, Marilyn Sokol, Victoria Boothby, David S. Cass Sr., Milt Oberman, Richard Dreyfuss, Michael Shawn, Clarence Felder, Nicol Williamson, Daniel Levins, Paul Willson, Charles Silvern, Dana Laurita, Munson Hicks, Esther Sutherland, Gene Castle, Fred McCarren, Quinn Cummings, Tom Everett, Hubert Kelly, Pancho González, Janice Fuller, Robert Costanzo, David Matthau, Loyita Chapel, Nicholas Mele, Paul Benedict, Anita Dangler |
In Theaters: | Nov 30, 1977 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 51 minutes |
Production: | Warner Bros., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Rastar Pictures |
Box Office: | $102,000,000 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |