The Long Goodbye is a movie directed by Robert Altman in 1973 and based on the book of the same name by Raymond Chandler, first published in 1953. The movie features Elliott Gould, Sterling Hayden, Nina Van Pallandt, Mark Rydell, Henry Gibson, David Arkin, and others.
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Storyline
Late one night, private investigator Philip Marlowe is visited by his close friend Terry Lennox, who asks for a lift from Los Angeles to the California–Mexico border at Tijuana. Marlowe obliges. On returning home, Marlowe is met by two police detectives who accuse Lennox of having murdered his rich wife, Sylvia.
Movie vs Book
Year
1973
Minutes
112
Movie Rate
7.60
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Long Goodbye
Director: Robert Altman
Country: USA
Year: 1973
Length: 1h52m
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Year
1953
Pages
379
Book Rate
8.40
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Book
The Long Goodbye
Author: Raymond Chandler
Country: USA
First published in: 1953
Length: 379 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Philip Marlowe
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Joel Coen
TV Mini-Series by Kentaro Horikirizono
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“When you're adapting a book into a movie, you have to take certain creative liberties to bridge the gap between the two forms of media.”
JOSH HUTCHERSON (Actor)
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