The Goodbye Girl (1977)
- Starring:
- Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, (more)
- Director(s):
- Herbert Ross
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Goodbye Girl
Marsha Mason is known as "The Goodbye Girl" because of all the live-in boyfriends who have said ta-ta to her in the past few years. A former Broadway chorus dancer, the divorced Mason lives in the Manhattan apartment of her latest lost love with her daughter Quinn Cummings. Enter arrogant actor Richard Dreyfuss, who has subleased the apartment from Mason's former boyfriend and moves in bag and baggage in the middle of the night. Dreyfuss and Mason spend the next few weeks getting in each other's way and fighting like cats and dogs. The wind is taken out of Dreyfuss' sails when he opens in a production of Richard III, which has been sabotaged by the director (Paul Benjamin), who insists that Dreyfuss portrays Richard as a hip-swinging homosexual. The play closes after one performance, and the once-overconfident Dreyfuss goes on a self-pitying drunken binge. Touched by his vulnerability, Mason begins falling in love with Dreyfuss despite her lousy track record with men. Richard Dreyfuss became the youngest ever "Best Actor" Oscar winner as a result of his performance. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 110 mins
Complete Cast of The Goodbye Girl
- Richard Dreyfuss - Elliott Garfield
- Quinn Cummings - Lucy McFadden
- Barbara Rhoades - Donna
- Michael Shawn - Ronnie
- Daniel Levans - Dance Instructor
- Powers Boothe - Richard III Cast
- Esther Sutherland - Strip Club Manager
- Maureen Moore - Richard III Cast
- Joe Regalbuto - Richard III Cast
- Loyita Chapel - Strip Club Dancer
- Robert Lesser - Richard III Cast
- Fred McCarren - Richard III Cast
- Janice Fuller - Richard III Cast
- Wendy Cutler - Improvisation Group
- Raymond J. Barry - Richard III Cast
- Dana Laurita - Cynthia
- Marilyn Sokol - Linda
- Gene Castle - Assistant Choreographer
- Paul Willson - Improvisation Group
- Joseph Carberry - Strip Club Customer
- Marsha Mason - Paula McFadden
- Paul Benedict - Mark Morgenweiss
- Theresa Merritt - Mrs. Crosby
- Patricia Pearcy - Rhonda
- Tom Everett - Richard III Cast
- Victoria Boothby - Mrs. Bodine
- Peter Vogt - Richard III Cast
- Eddie Villery - Painter
- Anita Dangler - Mrs. Morganweiss
- Nicol Williamson - Oliver Frye
- Dave Cass - Drunk
- Hubert Kelly - Mugger
- Andy Goldberg - Improvisation Group
- David Matthau - Furniture Mover
- Nicholas Mele - Richard III Cast
- Milt Oberman - Furniture Mover
- Jeanne Lange - Richard III Cast
- Robert Costanzo - Liquor Store Salesman
- Clarence Felder - Critic
- Director(s):
- Herbert Ross
- Writer(s):
- Neil Simon
- Producer(s):
- Raymond Stark
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Adult Situations)
- Categories:
- Comedy
- 1978 - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Actor
- 1977 - Golden Globe - Best Picture - Musical or Comedy
- 1977 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Picture - Musical or Comedy
- 1977 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
- 1977 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Screenplay
- 1977 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
- 1977 - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Actor
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