Kiss Me Goodbye (film)

Kiss Me Goodbye
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRobert Mulligan
Written byCharlie Peters
Based onDona Flor and Her Two Husbands
by Bruno Barreto
Eduardo Coutinho
Leopoldo Serran (uncredited)
Produced byRobert Mulligan
Burt Sugarman
Starring
CinematographyDonald Peterman
Edited bySheldon Kahn
Music byRalph Burns
Color processDeLuxe Color
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • December 22, 1982 (1982-12-22)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8 million
Box office$15.8 million (United States/Canada)[1]

Kiss Me Goodbye is a 1982 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Mulligan, and starring Sally Field, James Caan, Jeff Bridges and Claire Trevor (in her final film role).

It is a remake of Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos in Portuguese), a 1976 Brazilian film, based on Jorge Amado's book of the same name.

Field was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical for her performance,[2] but Caan later said he disliked the film, as he did several ones in which he appeared either just to keep working or for the money.[3] In a 1991 interview, Caan claimed that making Kiss Me Goodbye was one of the most unpleasant experiences of his life, and that as a consequence, he did not make another film for five years.[4]

  1. ^ Kiss Me Goodbye at Box Office Mojo
  2. ^ Golden Globes Official Site
  3. ^ Encyclopedia of World Biography – James Caan
  4. ^ Goldstein, Patrick (31 May 1987). "Kid Caan : A Hollywood Star Gets Off the Ropes, Back Into the Ring". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 March 2019.