| Looking for Mr. Goodbar | |
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| Directed by | Richard Brooks |
| Screenplay by | Richard Brooks |
| Based on | Looking for Mr. Goodbar by Judith Rossner |
| Produced by | Freddie Fields |
| Starring | Diane Keaton Tuesday Weld William Atherton Richard Kiley Richard Gere |
| Cinematography | William A. Fraker |
| Edited by | George Grenville |
| Music by | Artie Kane |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 136 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $22.5 million[2] |
Looking for Mr. Goodbar is a 1977 American crime drama film, based on Judith Rossner's best-selling 1975 novel of the same name, which was inspired by the 1973 murder of New York City schoolteacher Roseann Quinn. The film was written and directed by Richard Brooks, and stars Diane Keaton, Tuesday Weld, William Atherton, Richard Kiley, and Richard Gere.
The film was a commercial success, earning $22.5 million,[a] and received generally favorable reviews, with much of the praise directed towards Keaton's performance. It garnered two Academy Award nominations, Best Supporting Actress for Weld and Best Cinematography for William A. Fraker, while Keaton earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. Looking for Mr. Goodbar introduced Richard Gere, LeVar Burton, and Tom Berenger, all as men whom the protagonist Theresa encounters.
- ^ "Looking for Mr. Goodbar (18)". British Board of Film Classification. November 21, 1977. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
- ^ a b "Looking for Mr. Goodbar". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on December 31, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
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