The Long Goodbye
Nothing says goodbye like a bullet…
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Production
Budget
$1 700 000
Box office
$959 000
Director
Actors
Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell, Henry Gibson, David Arkin, Jim Bouton, Warren Berlinger, Jo Ann Brody, Stephen Coit
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Jerry Bick, Elliott Kastner
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
Lou Lombardo
Whole Team (28)
Whole Team (28)
Short description
In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
What's left behind the scenes
- Arnold Schwarzenegger plays one of the thugs in the office, but his name is not credited.
- Initially, producers envisioned Howard Hawks as the director and Lee Marvin or Robert Mitchum in the lead role.
- Former baseball player Jim Bouton was cast as Terry Lennox.
- Sterling Hayden, known for his leading roles in classic film noirs, was to play writer Roger Wade. Due to his addiction to alcohol and drugs, Sterling was unable to learn his lines. He improvised extensively on set, and his dialogue was dubbed in post-production. Ultimately, Altman was quite satisfied with Hayden's performance.
- When Howard Hawks declined to direct, the producers sent the script to Peter Bogdanovich, who passed it on to Robert Altman. Altman agreed to direct on the condition that James Caan play Elliott Gould, with whom he had previously worked on the cult comedy 'M*A*S*H'. However, the actor had not appeared in any films for two years following a nervous breakdown and divorce from Barbra Streisand. He was only cast in the lead role after passing a psychiatric evaluation.
- American film critic Roger Ebert included 'The Long Goodbye' on his list of great films of the 20th century.
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