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Goodbye Girl, The

Synopsis
Feature film. Eliot Garfield (Dreyfuss) is an aspiring (and straight) actor who comes from Chicago to seek fame in New York City and finds that he is sharing a New York apartment with a dancer (Mason) and her daughter. He also discovers that the director of Richard III (Benedict), in which Eliot is playing the title role, requires a gay interpretation.
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Film
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Year of release
1977
Duration
110 mins; 9.935 feet

Credits

Director
Herbert Ross
Producer
Ray Stark
Cinematographer
David M. Walsh
Screenplay
Neil Simon
Music
David Grusin
Cast
Marsha MasonPaula McFadden
Paul BenedictMark
Quinn CummingsLucy McFadden
Richard DreyfussElliot Garfield (Richard, Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard)

Additional Details

Production type
Fiction Films
Plays
Richard III
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
homosexuality; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Rehearsals; Gay and lesbian interpretations

Notes

Reviews
An analysis of the film from a gay perspective is given by Richard Burt in his essay ‘The Love That Dare Not Speak Shakespeare’s Name: New Shakesqueer Cinema’ in Shakespeare the Movie: Popularising the Plays on Film, TV and Video edited by Lynda E. Boose and Richard Burt. London: Routledge, 1977. pp 254-257.

Production Company

Name

Rastar

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Retail outlets

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