The Long Goodbye (film)
1973 film by Robert Altman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
The Long Goodbye | |
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Directed by | Robert Altman |
Screenplay by | Leigh Brackett |
Based on | The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler |
Produced by | Jerry Bick |
Starring | Elliott Gould Nina van Pallandt Sterling Hayden |
Cinematography | Vilmos Zsigmond |
Edited by | Lou Lombardo |
Music by | John Williams |
Production company | |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.7 million[1] |
Box office | $959,000 |
The story's setting was moved from the 1940s to 1970s Hollywood. The film has been called "a study of a moral and decent man cast adrift in a selfish, self-obsessed society where lives can be thrown away without a backward glance ... and any notions of friendship and loyalty are meaningless."[2] In 2021, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[3]