TY - ADVS AU - Altman,Robert AU - Brackett,Leigh AU - Bick,Jerry AU - Kastner,Elliott AU - Gould,Elliott AU - Pallandt,Nina van AU - Hayden,Sterling AU - Rydell,Mark AU - Gibson,Henry AU - Arkin,David AU - Berlinger,Warren AU - Brody,Jo Ann AU - Bouton,Jim AU - Zsigmond,Vilmos AU - Lombardo,Lou AU - Williams,John AU - Mercer,Johnny AU - Chandler,Raymond ED - Lion's Gate Films (Los Angeles, Calif.), ED - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. ED - United Artists Corporation, ED - Kino Lorber, Inc., TI - The long goodbye T2 - KL studio classics PY - 2014///] CY - New York, NY PB - Kino Lorber KW - Marlowe, Philip KW - Chandler, Raymond, KW - Private investigators KW - California KW - Los Angeles KW - Drama KW - Los Angeles (Calif.) KW - Detective and mystery films KW - lcgft KW - Film noir KW - Film adaptations KW - Fiction films KW - Feature films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - From the Raymond Chandler novel "The Long Goodbye" [1954]; Originally released as a motion picture in 1973; Special features: Rip Van Marlowe: making-of featurette with director Robert Altman and star Elliott Gould (25 min.); featurette: Vilmos Zsigmond flashes The Long Goodbye (15 min.); American Cinematographer, reprint of 1973 article [by Edward Lipnick], [text feature]; 5 radio spots, (4 min.); Theatrical trailer (3 min.); Photographed by Vilmos Zsigmond ; edited by Lou Lombardo ; music by John Williams ; song "The Long Goodbye" by John Williams and Johnny Mercer; Elliott Gould (Philip Marlowe), Nina Van Pallandt (Eileen Wade), Sterling Hayden (Roger Wade), Mark Rydell (Marty Augustine), Henry Gibson (Dr. Verringer), David Arkin (Harry), Warren Berlinger (Morgan), Jo Ann Brody (Jo Ann Eggenweiler), Jim Bouton (Terry Lennox); MPAA rating: Rated R N2 - For The Long Goodbye, Robert Altman successfully transports Philip Marlowe, incarnated by Elliott Gould, to the over-privileged, full-color 70s. Marlowe is lonely and shabby, yet does not seem an anachronism in the contemporary world. Unlike Bogart's Marlowe, this is a not especially tough Marlowe. He's a bright, conscientiously solemn nut, a guy who hopes for the best but expects the worst. This particular Philip Marlowe, despite evidence to the contrary, persists in believing that not all relationships need be opportunistic or squalid ER -