Goodbye, Columbus is a movie directed by Larry Peerce in 1969 and based on the book of the same name by Philip Roth, first published in 1959. The movie features Richard Benjamin, Ali MacGraw, Jack Klugman, Nan Martin, Michael Meyers, Lori Shelle, and others.
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Storyline
A Jewish man and a jewish woman meet and while attracted to each other find that their worlds are very different. She is the archetypical Jewish-American-Princess, very emotionally involved with her parents world and the world they have created for her while he is much less dependent on his family. They begin an affair which brings more differences to the surface.
Movie vs Book
Year
1969
Minutes
102
Movie Rate
6.50
Source: IMDb
Movie
Goodbye, Columbus
Director: Larry Peerce
Country: USA
Year: 1969
Length: 1h42m
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Year
1959
Pages
140
Book Rate
7.74
S: Goodreads
Book
Goodbye, Columbus
Author: Philip Roth
Country: USA
First published in: 1959
Length: 140 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: ATV Kitab
User polls & recommendations
“If your publisher is jumping up and down at the thought of your novel, it's because he's picturing the movie poster on the side of the bus.”
DAVE MORRIS (Writer)
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