Goodbye Girl The (1977)
Goodbye Girl The (1977)
Neil Simon’s Oscar nominated story about a struggling actor (Richard Dreyfuss) who’s rented an apartment from a man that left his girlfriend dancer (Marsha Mason) and her daughter (Quinn Cummings) behind in it with predictable yet funny & entertaining results. Dreyfuss was the youngest actor ever to win the Best Actor Oscar at that time; Mason Cummings and the film itself also received Oscar nominations. Directed by Herbert Ross who’s other picture that year (The Turning Point (1977) which he co-produced) also competed along with Star Wars (1977) and lost to Woody Allen’s Oscar winning Best Picture Annie Hall (1977).