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The Long Goodbye is a 1973 American satirical neo-noir film directed by Robert Altman and written by Leigh Brackett, based on Raymond Chandler 's 1953 novel. The film stars Elliott Gould as Philip Marlowe and features Sterling Hayden, Nina Van Pallandt, Jim Bouton, Mark Rydell, and an early, uncredited appearance by Arnold Schwarzenegger .
Mar 8, 1973 · Elliott Gould stars as Philip Marlowe, a private detective who gets involved in a murder case and a missing person search. The film is based on Raymond Chandler's novel and features a jazz score by John Williams and Johnny Mercer.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Robert Altman
- 1973-03-08
The Long Good-bye is a novel by Raymond Chandler, published in 1953, his sixth novel featuring the private investigator Philip Marlowe. Some critics consider it inferior to The Big Sleep or Farewell, My Lovely, but others rank it as the best of his work. [1] . Chandler, in a letter to a friend, called the novel "my best book". [2]
Apr 23, 2006 · Robert Altman’s “The Long Goodbye” (1973) attacks film noir with three of his most cherished tools: Whimsy, spontaneity and narrative perversity. He is always the most youthful of directors, and here he gives us the youngest of Philip Marlowes, the private eye as a Hardy boy.
A noir film directed by Robert Altman, starring Elliott Gould as Philip Marlowe. Read critics' reviews, ratings, and watch the trailer on Fandango at Home or Prime Video.
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- Robert Altman
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- Elliott Gould
In the middle of the night, private eye Philip Marlowe drives his friend Terry Lennox to the Mexican border. When Marlowe returns home police are waiting for him and learns that Terry's wife Sylvia has been killed.
Roger Ebert praises Robert Altman's adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel, which turns the private eye genre into a post-modern experiment. He admires Elliott Gould's performance as a confused and disorganized Marlowe, and the scenes of hard-boiled dialogue and violence.
