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The Long Goodbye (1973)

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The Long Goodbye

Robert Altman | USA | 1973 | M
Film

When

Wed 26 Mar 2025

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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.

Format: DCP
Language: English
Source: Park Circus
Courtesy: Park Circus
Runtime: 112 mins

Event duration

112 mins

Rating

M

The content is moderate in impact

Where

Cinema 1, Level 2
ACMI, Fed Square

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