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The Long Goodbye

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The Long Goodbye
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R,1hr 51min
Genres:
Drama,Action
Released:
March 7, 1973
Director:
Robert Altman
Distributor:
United Artists
Starring:
Elliott Gould, Nina Van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden  ...more
Synopsis: "It's OK with me...." Applying his deconstructive eye to the "film noir" tradition, Robert Altman updated Raymond Chandler in his 1973 version of Chandler's novel, The Long Goodbye. Smart-aleck, cat-loving private eye Philip Marlowe (Elliott Gould) is certain that his friend Terry Lennox (Jim Bouton) isn't a wife-killer, even after the cops throw Marlowe in jail for not cooperating with their investigation into Lennox's subsequent disappearance. Once he gets out of jail, Marlowe starts to conduct ... Full Synopsis
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Lucia Bozzola, AMG Review
Alternately a cheeky send-up of Hollywood and a cutting revision of the powerful detective and his moral code, the movie, co-written by Robert Altman with Leigh Brackett, who co-scripted The Big Sleep in 1946, presents a Marlowe wholly adrift in 1970s Los Angeles. Unlike the ultra-cool version of Marlowe embodied by The Big Sleep's Humphrey Bogart, Elliott Gould's Marlowe is a man out of his time, ... Full Review
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Elliott Gould
Philip Marlowe
Nina Van Pallandt
Eileen Wade
Sterling Hayden
Roger Wade
Henry Gibson
Dr. Veeringer
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Nina Van Pallandt and Elliott Gould in "The Long Goodbye"
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