The Goodbye Girl

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film romantic comedy-drama film

The Goodbye Girl is a 1977 romantic comedy-drama film written by Neil Simon, best known for Richard Dreyfuss’s Oscar-winning performance as a struggling actor who unexpectedly shares an apartment with a single mother and her daughter.

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The Goodbye Girl canonical 20
The Goodbye Girl (1982 film) 1
The Goodbye Girl (2004 TV film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
romantic comedy-drama film ⓘ
academyAward Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
academyAwardWinner Richard Dreyfuss ⓘ
award Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Richard Dreyfuss)
basedOn original screenplay by Neil Simon ⓘ
childActor Quinn Cummings ⓘ
cinematographyBy David M. Walsh ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Herbert Ross ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy Michael A. Stevenson ⓘ
filmingLocation New York City ⓘ
genre comedy-drama ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
hasTheme cohabitation ⓘ
romantic relationships ⓘ
single parenthood ⓘ
leadActor Richard Dreyfuss ⓘ
leadActress Marsha Mason ⓘ
leadCharacter Elliot Garfield ⓘ
Lucy McFadden ⓘ
Paula McFadden ⓘ
musicBy Dave Grusin ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
notableFor Richard Dreyfuss’s Academy Award-winning performance ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
oscarWinningPerformanceBy Richard Dreyfuss ⓘ
plotSummary A struggling actor shares an apartment with a single mother and her daughter in New York City. ⓘ
producer Ray Stark ⓘ
productionCompany Warner Bros. Entertainment ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate 1977-11-30 ⓘ
releaseYear 1977 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 111 ⓘ
screenplayBy Neil Simon ⓘ
screenwriter Neil Simon ⓘ
setIn New York City ⓘ
starring Barbara Rhoades ⓘ
Marsha Mason ⓘ
Michael Shawn ⓘ
Paul Benedict ⓘ
Quinn Cummings ⓘ
Richard Dreyfuss ⓘ
Theresa Merritt ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 1970s ⓘ
title The Goodbye Girl self-link ⓘ
writer Neil Simon ⓘ

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Richard Dreyfuss → awardReceivedForWork → The Goodbye Girl ⓘ
Lawrence Weingarten → notableWork → The Goodbye Girl ⓘ
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The Goodbye Girl → title → The Goodbye Girl self-link ⓘ
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Marvin Hamlisch → notableWork → The Goodbye Girl ⓘ
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Rastar Productions → notableWork → The Goodbye Girl ⓘ
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this entity surface form: The Goodbye Girl (TV remake)
Ray Stark → notableWork → The Goodbye Girl ⓘ
Ray Stark → notableWork → The Goodbye Girl ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Goodbye Girl (film adaptation of Neil Simon play)
Bernadette Peters → notableWork → The Goodbye Girl ⓘ
Bernadette Peters → notableWork → The Goodbye Girl ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Goodbye Girl (1982 film)
Paul Hirsch → notableWork → The Goodbye Girl ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Goodbye Girl (2004 TV film)
Pembroke J. Herring → notableWork → The Goodbye Girl ⓘ
David Zippel → notableWork → The Goodbye Girl ⓘ
David Zippel → wroteLyricsFor → The Goodbye Girl ⓘ
Neil Simon → wroteScreenplay → The Goodbye Girl ⓘ
Herbert Ross → notableWork → The Goodbye Girl ⓘ
Herbert Ross → directed → The Goodbye Girl ⓘ
Susan E. Morse → editedFilm → The Goodbye Girl ⓘ