Looking for Mr. Goodbar (film)

Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRichard Brooks
Screenplay byRichard Brooks
Based onLooking for Mr. Goodbar
by Judith Rossner
Produced byFreddie Fields
StarringDiane Keaton
Tuesday Weld
William Atherton
Richard Kiley
Richard Gere
CinematographyWilliam A. Fraker
Edited byGeorge Grenville
Music byArtie Kane
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • October 19, 1977 (1977-10-19)
Running time
136 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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.

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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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