The Goodbye Girl
Release Date: December
21, 1977
Runtime: 110 min
Language: English
Tagline: Thank you
Neil Simon for making us laugh at falling in love...again.
Director: Herbert Ross
(Read Related : Much
Ado About Nothing)
Who's In It:
Richard Dreyfuss as Elliot Garfield
Marsha Mason as Paula McFadden
Quinn Cummings as Lucy McFadden
Paul Benedict as Mark
Barbara Rhoades as Donna Douglas
Theresa Merritt as Mrs. Crosby
Michael Shawn as Ronnie Burns
Patricia Pearcy as Rhonda Fontana
Gene Castle as Assistant Choreographer
Daniel Levans as Dance Instructor
Marilyn Sokol as Linda
Anita Dangler as Mrs. Estelle Morgenweiss
Victoria Boothby as Mrs. Bodine
Soundtrack / Songs: No known
soundtrack but contains the following song
1. Goodbye Girl - David Gates
(Read Related : Miss
Pettigrew Lives For A Day)
Quotes From The Goodbye Girl:
Paula McFadden: I thought you said you were decent.
Elliot Garfield: I am decent. I also happen to be naked.
Paula McFadden: What happened to your eye?
Elliot Garfield: I used it to stop a fist from going through
my face.
Elliott Garfield: I happen to have a lease in my pocket.
Are you gonna honor it or what?
Paula McFadden: I have a daughter in my bedroom. That tops
the lease in your pocket.
Elliot Garfield: ...I'd just like to say that last night
was terrific, ok? It was the Grey Cup of romance. I give
it a fat nine on a ten scale. You loose one point for burping
your wine, but all-in-all it was a respectable score.
Paula McFadden: Possession is nine-tenths of the law.
Lucy McFadden: What's the last tenth?
Paula McFadden: Shut up.
Elliot Garfield: You know I liked you from the first time
I met you when you answered the door. I said to myself,
"This is the best half-a-face I ever saw!"
Elliot Garfield: You know I love listening to you talk. I hate
living with you but your conversation is first rate.
Elliot Garfield: I play the guitar whenever I cannot sleep,
and I meditate every morning, complete with chanting and
burning incense, so if you have to walk around I'd appreciate
a little tiptoeing. Also: I sleep in the nude. "Au
buffo." Winter and summer, rain or snow, with the windows
open. And because I may have to go to the potty or to the
fridge in the middle of the night, and because I do not
want to put on jammies which I do not own in the first place,
unless you're looking for a quick thrill or your daughter
an advanced education I'd keep my door closed.
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