TCM 2/1 2:30 AM The Goodbye Girl (1977)

[elleng]

Paula is a divorced mother and ex-Broadway dancer, who learns that her lover has left her only when aspiring actor Elliot arrives to sublet the apartment in the middle of the night. Their uneasy truce blossoms into love.
Dir: Herbert Ross Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings
Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

Oscar nominations:
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE -- Richard Dreyfuss {"Elliot Garfield"}
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE -- Marsha Mason {"Paula McFadden"}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Quinn Cummings {"Lucy McFadden"}

[LNM]

1. I can't picture Richard Dreyfuss in a romantic role

I always think of him as Curt in American Graffiti.

[Boomerproud]

2. He was great in this film. Oscar was well deserved imwo.

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