The Goodbye Girl
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.
Plot
Dancer and divorcee Paula McFadden and her ten-year-old daughter Lucy live in a Manhattan apartment with her married boyfriend, Tony DeForrest. Coming home from shopping, Paula finds Tony gone as he had 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, 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 that she does not like Elliot but reluctantly lets him move in.
Awards
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| author | Neil Simon |
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| award | Academy Award for Best Actor |
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Herbert Ross |
| editor | John F. Burnett |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | act aspiring actor chicago coming home end exaggerated expect film film director hang improvisational theatre married neurosis neurotic off-off-broadway phone booth richard ii richard iii richard iii of england scar shop struggle telephone booth |
| musicBy | Dave Grusin |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay |
| producer | Ray Stark |
| productionCompany | AFI Catalog of Feature Films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Rastar |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | New York City |
| theme | romantic comedy |