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A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively extreme sexual encounters.A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively extreme sexual encounters.A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively extreme sexual encounters.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 1 win & 6 nominations total
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Did you know
- TriviaTom Berenger admitted in an interview that he had nightmares after he was finished shooting all of his scenes as Gary.
- GoofsIn the book, Theresa's sister Katherine goes to Puerto Rico to procure an abortion during a scene that takes place in the mid-1960s. In the movie, the timeline is changed so that this scene is set in 1975, two years after abortion was legalized by the Roe v. Wade ruling, making the trip to Puerto Rico unnecessary.
- Crazy creditsThe Paramount logo is shortened at both ends, fading in at the point the text already appears. It was gray-scaled in the closing version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen: Forward Into the Past (1996)
- SoundtracksTry Me, I Know We Can Make It
Written by Donna Summer (uncredited), Giorgio Moroder (uncredited) and Pete Bellotte (uncredited)
Performed by Donna Summer
Courtesy of Casablanca Record & FilmWorks
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Excellent style, excellent acting, excellent atmosphere
The movie really gets the whole 1970s drug sniffing, gay liberation, pro swinger pre aids lifestyle down, and then closes with what may be one of the most depressing endings ever shot for a movie. As we all know, Diane Keaton is the straight laced teacher by day, and bar hopper by night. Her Catholic background and domineering father all contribute to her rampant promiscuity, and she ends up paying for it in the end. Sad, because the sexual revolution of the time gave women the right to do what she does in the film without being called whores, and then she had to pay for it. Such a good flick though, although it could have used a little editing for time. See it, and decide for yourself. Highly recommended, and perfect depiction of a life that really is impossible to imagine in this day and age.
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- canewyorker
- Dec 10, 2004
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- Also known as
- Auf der Suche nach Mr. Goodbar
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- Gross US & Canada
- $22,512,655
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,540,635
- Oct 23, 1977
- Gross worldwide
- $22,512,655
- Runtime2 hours 16 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) officially released in India in English?
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