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The Goodbye Girl (1977) 7.4
After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor. Director:Herbert RossWriter:Neil Simon |
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A divorced woman and her daughter come home to find that her boyfriend has left for an out of town job with no warning. This has happened before. The second surprise comes in the form of another actor who has sublet the apartment from her boyfriend (who did not mention the pair of females who would be in residence). After some negotiation the two decide to share the apartment even though she has vowed to stay away from actors. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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He's moving in... she's not moving out... it's love at first fight! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
1 February 1978 (Australia) See more »Also Known As:
Bogart Slept Here See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Elliot Garfield: Words are the canvas of an actor. His lips are his brushes, and his tongue - the colors of the spectrum. And when he speaks, he paints portraits.
Lucy McFadden: [Impressed] Classy! He's very classy!
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When Richard Dreyfuss was asked in a 2000 interview what made the film so special, he replied, "Goodbye Girl was a wonderful script. Wonderful. And as actors we never got tired of it. Never...It was funny and loving. And the actors and actresses in the show--especially Marsha and Quinn--were perfect. Like God had said these are the actors to work with. I once said that I'd like to play Elliot until I retired and got a Swiss watch because he was great. I wanted to be him, and I wanted to acquire his personality for my own." See more »Goofs
When Elliott leaves the apartment to go make the movie at the end of the film, the scarf he is wearing goes from wrapped around his neck, to hanging loose, to wrapped again between shots. See more »Quotes
Lucy McFadden: [With Elliot at the dinner table] You're terrific with words. You always pick the right ones.Elliot Garfield: Words are the canvas of an actor. His lips are his brushes, and his tongue - the colors of the spectrum. And when he speaks, he paints portraits.
Lucy McFadden: [Impressed] Classy! He's very classy!
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If they think they can compete with the likes of The Goodbye Girl. It's definitely the best of it's genre, and I don't know why more people haven't seen it. The acting is superb, the jokes are (mostly) hilarious, however many times you see the film, and I have so many favourite scenes I could probably tell you the whole movie.Richard Dreyfuss is excellent as Elliott, the wet stranger that arrives at Paula's apartment, and Quinn Cummings (Lucy) is a perfect example of a 10 year old girl. For once, it's a film that isn't totally predictable and doesn't end with a kiss!