Goodbar is a 1977 american drama film, based on the bestselling novel of the same name by judith rossner, which was inspired by the 1973 murder of new york city schoolteacher. Goodbar movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Seeking romance and an escape from her repressive home life, a teacher begins to haunt. Now teaching deaf children and fantasizing her way through san franciscos redlight scene at night, diane keaton as theresa with an indirect reference to her then bestknown movie role the godfather, at a bar, meeting tony richard gere, in looking for mr. Ive not been able to use the actual full quote that was used in the film due to amazons guidelines over the use of. I saw this film last year and i was completely blown away. Goodbar 1977 theresa is a successful teacher of deaf children during the day but after a short unhappy affair starts to spend her nights cruising bars. Goodbar 1977 deserves to be available on a minimum blueray hd quality. Raised in a strict catholic family, theresa diane keaton teaches deaf children during the day and cruises singles bars and discos at night. For many, quinns murder represented the dark side of the. The film stars diane keaton fresh from making annie hall 1977 and who previously played the. Goodbar, an adaptation of judith rossners best seller about a repressed teacher. Her craving first for sex but later also for drugs leads into increasingly demeaning and dangerous situations at odds with her daytime commitment to her children.
But, all the same, brooks hasnt directed a bad picture. However, i was a bit disappointed that the movie veered away from the book. The film was written and directed by richard brooks, and stars diane keaton, tuesday weld, william atherton, richard kiley, and richard gere. The scenes are tightly knit in such a way as to not only emphasize the differences between theresas multiple roles patient and kind teacher, lover of many, discofreak, junkie but also to steadily bring the story to an unforgettable climax. Theresa favors rough sex with random suitors, ignoring the advances of wellmeaning but nerdy social worker james william atherton. All of the free movies found on this website are hosted on thirdparty servers such as putlocker, sockshare, allmyvideos, filenuke, vidxden, novamov, nowvideo, megavideo, gorillavid, movshare, muchshare, vidbux, vidbull, vidto, nosvideo, movreel, videozed and many others. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Looking for mr goodbar 1977 dvd shows off some great acting chops from diane keaton. Goodbar was based on the bestselling factfictionblend of a popular true crime case involving the murder of roseann quinn in new york city, 1973 and while the film is competently made besides some hysterical overacting from tuesday weld, i found the victim blamingcautionary tale for independent women angle rather repugnant, society is so quick to blame a woman who enjoys. Instead, theresa pursues the likes of tony richard gere, whose threatening knife and swagger excite her. Goodbar 1977 deserves to be available on a minimum blueray. Goodbar 1977 about a single woman whose virtuous profession shes a. And its not fair to praise her while damning brooks as so many critics have done.
In looking for mr goodbar, writerdirector richard brooks manifests his ability to catch. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing looking for mr. Looking for mr goodbar dvd is a dark and moody film. Goodbar is a 1977 american drama film, based on the acclaimed, bestselling novel of the same name by judith rossner, which was inspired by the 1973 murder of. Its amazing to see how meticulously theresas double life has been put together. Goodbar 1977 raised in a strict catholic family, theresa diane keaton teaches deaf children during the day and cruises singles bars and discos at night. Goodbar is very much worth seeing, particularly for the diane keaton performance. Goodbar is a 1977 american crime drama film, based on judith rossners. Goodbar 1977 deserves to be available on a minimum blueray hd quality, and in my opinion is another powerful and greatly underrated film from the fantastic 1970s. Goodbar and many more full length movies from the best streaming services online. Be careful, movie titles need to match imdb exactly. Meanwhile, theresa begins to go out to more marginal places, and has sex with complete strangers, often older men. Goodbar 1977 deserves to be available on a minimum. Goodbar is a 1977 american crime drama film, based on judith rossners bestselling novel of the same name, which was inspired by the 1973 murder of new york city schoolteacher roseann quinn, who led something of a double life.
It is a really good film, directed by the great richard brooks. In looking for mr goodbar, writerdirector richard brooks manifests his ability to catch accurately both. Use the search function before posting, absolutely no reposts, if the movie or artist link you are requesting has been posted then up vote that post. Best quality out there, however the final scene is slightly censored. In looking for mr goodbar, writerdirector richard brooks manifests his ability to catch accurately both the tone and subtlety of characters in the most repellant. Goodbar, 1977, directed by richard brooks, with diane keaton, tuesday weld, william atherton, at turner classic movies. Movie title year requests asking for specific streaming sources or hd quality will be removed. The movie was difficult to watch considering the content but diane keaton and.
Goodbar is a 1977 american crime drama film, based on judith rossners bestselling novel of the same name, which was inspired by the 1973. The eminent film critic robin wood once classified looking for mr. As theresa becomes a full fledged teacher and looses her relationship with her professor. Despite or, more to the point, because of its restricted rating, as a teenager i snuck into the movie theater to watch it. Goodbar 1977 a great sound track for diane keatons sexual odyssey in looking for mr. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. A young teacher tries to find and grow into her own identity away from her claustrophobic family life. Theresa diane keaton is a woman exploring her sexual desires. Movie buffs forever is a licensed search, acquisition and movie manufactured by demand agency intended for. Keaton was not oscar nominated for her performance in looking for mr.
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