The Goodbye Girl is a 1977 American comedy film.
The original screenplay by Neil Simon centers on an odd trio - an egotistical struggling actor who has sublet a Manhattan apartment from a friend, the current occupant, his friend's girlfriend, who is unaware she's been abandoned, and her precocious pre-teen daughter. The dislike between the two adults is immediate and intense, but they resolve to overcome their differences and attempt to share the tight quarters as harmoniously as possible.
Directed by Herbert Ross, the film stars Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings. and Paul Benedict. The title song, performed by David Gates, became a pop hit.
The Goodbye Girl was subsequently developed into a 1993 Broadway musical of the same name starring Martin Short and Bernadette Peters.
The 2004 TNT remake with Jeff Daniels and Patricia Heaton is available in both VHS and DVD formats. This version keeps the screenplay from the original version.
A story about love at first fight.
A divorced woman and her daughter come home to find that her boyfriend has left for an out of town job with no warning. This has happened before. The second surprise comes in the form of another actor who has sublet the apartment from her boyfriend (who did not mention the pair of females who would be in residence). After some negotiation the two decide to share the apartment even though she has vowed to stay away from actors. Written by John Vogel
