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Looking for Mr. Goodbar
A short, unhappy affair with a married man leads a dedicated schoolteacher into the alcohol-and-drug fueled underworld of singles’ bars, where she begins to engage in a pattern of dangerous sexual activity.
1977 · Directed by Richard Brooks · 136 min · Drama · 10 frames
Tagline
To her father, Theresa was a dutiful daughter. To the children she taught, Theresa brought warmth and hope. To the men she met in bars, Theresa was easy. All kinds of people loved Theresa. Diane Keaton plays Theresa in Looking for Mr. Goodbar.
Crew
- Screenplay: Richard Brooks
- Cinematography: William A. Fraker
- Edited by: George Grenville
- Music: Artie Kane
- Produced by: Freddie Fields
Cast
- Diane Keaton as Theresa
- Tuesday Weld as Katherine
- William Atherton as James
- Richard Kiley as Mr. Dunn
- Richard Gere as Tony
- Alan Feinstein as Martin
- Tom Berenger as Gary
- Priscilla Pointer as Mrs. Dunn
- Laurie Prange as Brigid
- Joel Fabiani as Barney
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures, Freddie Fields Productions
- Box office: $22,512,655
- Themes: cocaine, gigolo, cannabis, teacher, sexual fantasy, disco, singles bar, bisexual man, grim, disco music
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