The Goodbye Girl

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For the album by Epicure, see The Goodbye Girl (album).

Template:Infobox Film The Goodbye Girl is a 1977 film which tells the story of an actor who sublets an apartment which already contains a woman recently abandoned by her actor boyfriend. Also living in the apartment is the woman's daughter. The three must learn to live together despite rubbing each other the wrong way. It stars Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings and Paul Benedict.

The movie was written by Neil Simon and directed by Herbert Ross.

It won the Academy Award for Best Actor (Richard Dreyfuss) and was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Marsha Mason), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Quinn Cummings), Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.

At 30, Dreyfuss was the youngest actor ever to win the Best Actor Oscar (this record has since been surpassed by Adrien Brody, who was 29 when he won his award for The Pianist.)

The title song, performed by David Gates, was a pop hit. The film's best known sequence is Dreyfuss' performance in a gay production of Shakespeare's Richard III, which is generally viewed as a comic highlight of 1970s cinema.

The Goodbye Girl was subsequently developed into a 1993 Broadway musical.

A remake was done as a TV movie in 2004, now available on video and DVD.

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Awards / honors

Academy Awards (1978):
- Wins
  - Best Actor in a Leading Role: Richard Dreyfuss
- Nominations
  - Best Actress in a Leading Role: Marsha Mason
  - Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Quinn Cummings
  - Best Picture: Ray Stark
  - Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Neil Simon

Golden Globes (1978):
- Wins
  - Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy
  - Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy: Richard Dreyfuss
  - Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy: Marsha Mason
  - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: Neil Simon
- Nominations
  - Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role: Quinn Cummings

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