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The long goodbye

Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe faces the most bizarre case of his life, when a friend's apparent suicide turns into a double murder.

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Other Authors: Kastner, Elliott (Film producer), Brackett, Leigh (Screenwriter), Bick, Jerry (Film producer), Altman, Robert, 1925-2006 (Film director), Gould, Elliott (Actor), Pallandt, Nina van, 1932- (Actor), Hayden, Sterling, 1916-1986 (Actor), Rydell, Mark, 1934- (Actor), Gibson, Henry (Actor), Arkin, David, 1941-1991 (Actor), Berlinger, Warren, 1937-2020 (Actor), Brody, Jo Ann (Actor), Bouton, Jim (Actor), Zsigmond, Vilmos (director of photography.), Lombardo, Lou, 1932-2002 (Film editor), Williams, John, 1932- (composer (expression)), Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976 (composer (expression)), Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Published: Santa Monica, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, [1973]
Series:MGM DVD.
Subjects:
Chandler, Raymond, > 1888-1959 > Film adaptations.
Marlowe, Philip > (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Private investigators > California > Los Angeles > Drama.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Drama.
Film noir.
Film adaptations.
Detective and mystery films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe faces the most bizarre case of his life, when a friend's apparent suicide turns into a double murder.
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 contrary, persists in believing that not all relationships need be opportunistic or squalid.
Item Description:From the Raymond Chandler novel "The Long Goodbye" [1954].
Originally released as a motion picture in 1973.
Special features: Rip Van Marlowe (25 min.) [making of featurette]; Vilmos Zsigmond flashes The Long Goodbye (15 min.); American Cinematographer, reprint of 1973 article [by Edward Lipnick, text feature]; Radio spots, (4 min.); Theatrical trailer (3 min.).
Physical Description:1 videodisc (1 hr., 52 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, Region 1, NTSC, Dolby Digital mono, widescreen presentation aspect ratio 2.35:1.
Audience:MPAA rating: Rated R.
Production Credits:Photographed by Vilmos Zsigmond ; edited by Lou Lombardo ; music by John Williams ; song "The Long Goodbye" by John Williams and Johnny Mercer.
ISBN:0792853342
9780792853343
Access:Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions.

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