The long goodbye

DVD 2014

For The Long Goodbye, Robert Altman successfully transports Philip Marlowe, incarnated by Elliott Gould, to the over-privileged, full-color 70s. Marlowe is lonely and shabby, yet does not seem an anachronism in the contemporary world. Unlike Bogart's Marlowe, this is a not especially tough Marlowe. He's a bright, conscientiously solemn nut, a guy who hopes for the best but expects the worst. This particular Philip Marlowe, despite evidence to the...

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1 videodisc (112 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby Digital
wide screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated
MPAA rating: Rated R

Notes:

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From the Raymond Chandler novel "The Long Goodbye" [1954]
Originally released as a motion picture in 1973
Photographed by Vilmos Zsigmond ; edited by Lou Lombardo ; music by John Williams ; song "The Long Goodbye" by John Williams and Johnny Mercer
Elliott Gould (Philip Marlowe), Nina Van Pallandt (Eileen Wade), Sterling Hayden (Roger Wade), Mark Rydell (Marty Augustine), Henry Gibson (Dr. Verringer), David Arkin (Harry), Warren Berlinger (Morgan), Jo Ann Brody (Jo Ann Eggenweiler), Jim Bouton (Terry Lennox)
DVD, NTSC, anamorphic widescreen presentation, Dolby Digital
For private home use only
English soundtracks, with optional subtitles in English

Control Number:

1159342

UPC:

738329148720

Other Authors:

Altman, Robert, 1925-2006, film director
Arkin, David, 1941-1991, actor
Berlinger, Warren, 1937-2020, actor
Bick, Jerry, film producer
Bouton, Jim, actor
Brackett, Leigh, screenwriter
Brody, Jo Ann, actor
Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959. Long good-bye
Gibson, Henry, actor
Gould, Elliott, actor
Hayden, Sterling, 1916-1986, actor
Kastner, Elliott, film producer
Kino Lorber, Inc., film distributor
Lombardo, Lou, 1932-2002, editor of moving image work
Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976, composer (expression)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, production company
Pallandt, Nina van, 1932- actor
Rydell, Mark, 1934- actor
United Artists Corporation, production company
Williams, John, 1932- composer (expression)
Zsigmond, Vilmos, director of photography

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