The Long Goodbye

Made in the middle of the extraordinary run of eight features Altman completed in the first half of the 1970s, this loose and playful adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s 1953 detective novel provides a fascinating take on the genre, Hollywood’s legacy and the vertical landscape of Los Angeles. Elliott Gould laconically transforms Chandler’s Marlowe into a cat-loving, down-on-his-luck private eye whose moral code is severely challenged by the selfish insularity of modern America.

Featuring an extraordinary rogues’ gallery of supporting players including Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell, Nina van Pallandt, Henry Gibson and Arnold Schwarzenegger.