This movie based on a Philip Roth novella gave Richard Benjamin & Ali McGraw their first leading roles on film
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STARRING RICHARD BENJAMIN AND ALI MACGRAW  Dec 13, 2013 ... The film caused a bit of a sensation in 1969 with its rather graphic- if comical- ... Based on Philip Roth's best-selling novella, the movie was released at an ... He is an ex-army veteran who seems to have no ambitions and is content ... The film represented the big screen debuts of Richard Benjamin and Ali...
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Goodbye, Columbus (film) - Revolvy  Plot Neil Klugman ( Richard Benjamin ) is an intelligent, working class army ... romantic comedy drama film starring Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw, directed by Larry Peerce and based on the novella of the same name by Philip Roth. ..... MacGraw first gained attention with her role in Goodbye, Columbus in 1969,...
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Goodbye, Columbus (film) - Wikipedia  Goodbye, Columbus is a 1969 American romantic comedy drama film starring Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw, directed by Larry Peerce and based on the novella of the same name by Philip Roth. ... They face obstacles from Brenda's family (particularly her mother), due to differences in ... List of American films of 1969...
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Goodbye, Columbus Reviews & Ratings - IMDb  The Phillip Roth novel from which the film was adapted supplies... ... young man as their main character, and all revolved around a new romantic relationship. But in ... This was the film that really introduced fashion model Ali MacGraw to movie viewers. ... This is probably Richard Benjamin's best role and finest performance.
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The Philip Roth Society | Biography  Philip Roth first achieved prominence in 1959 with the publication of Goodbye, ... to examinations of his role as a writer and son and metafictional explorations of the .... starring Ali MacGraw and Richard Benjamin, coincided with the publication of ..... Several of Roth's books have been adapted as films, including The Human...
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See the Cast of 'Private Benjamin' Then and Now - ScreenCrush  May 22, 2014 ... Released in 1980, 'Private Benjamin' starred Goldie Hawn as a recently ... Then: Goldie Hawn, then best known for roles in films like ... Hawn had previously won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her turn in 'Cactus Flower.' ... Then: Eileen Brennan played Captain Doreen Lewis, Judy's...
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Philip Roth's Novels, Ranked | Read It Forward  When I first encountered Roth's Zuckerman novels, I felt such a sense of relief that I ... Roth's longtime fictional alter ego (though the name Nathan Zuckerman first ... of Portnoy's Complaint, a tour-de-force monologue from one Alexander Portnoy, ... A savage attack on Nixon, the novel centers on Trick E. Dixon, a tap-dancing,...
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Requiem for a Heavyweight Reviews & Ratings - IMDb  Adapted from Rod Serling's earlier `Playhouse 90' TV drama, it improved greatly ... Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason and Mickey Rooney made this film a great black .... Requiem is top heavy with strong performances from its quartet of leads. ... the United States as his television version "Mountain" McClintock (Jack Palance).
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Julia | Jane Fonda  ... of her lover, Dashiell Hammett (Jason Robards), Julia (Vanessa Redgrave) battles ... Visiting Julia in Germany, Lillian realizes how much her friend's idealism has ... Vanessa Redgrave, left, plays the title role in the movie based on a memoir ... Jane Fonda  Lillian Hellman. Vanessa Redgrave  Julia. Jason Robards
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See the Cast of 'Private Benjamin' Then and Now - ScreenCrush  May 22, 2014 ... Released in 1980, 'Private Benjamin' starred Goldie Hawn as a recently widowed ... Then: Eileen Brennan played Captain Doreen Lewis, Judy's superior who ... he won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie. ... In more recent years, she had roles in B-movies like 'Alone in the Dark...
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A Struggle for Identity: Neil Klugman's Quest in "Goodbye, Columbus"  In this novella, published 1959, one of Philip Roth's finest works of fiction, the ... Throughout the story he makes love to Brenda Patimkin and tries to find ... represents the third generation of a Jewish immigrant group that has experienced ... fear that the affair will be over once Brenda returns to Radcliffe, and he begins to.
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Amazon.co.uk:Customer Reviews: _DUPLICATE_The Third Man  Of course I love the movie - it's in my all-time top ten, probably because of the noir ... Further, the screenplay by novelist Graham Greene was subsequently ... the style evokes the atmosphere of an exhausted, cynical post-war Vienna at the .... Alida Valli as Anna is terrific as a woman who loves Lime but has no illusions left.
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Private Benjamin (1980 film) - Wikipedia  Private Benjamin is a 1980 American comedy film starring Goldie Hawn. The film was one of ... Adrift, Benjamin realizes that she has never been independent in her entire life ... Goldie Hawn as Judy Benjamin; Eileen Brennan as Captain Doreen Lewis ... Amy Talkington is in talks to write the script and Mark Gordon is set to...
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Goodbye, Columbus: And Five Short Stories - Philip Roth - Google ...  Goodbye, Columbus' is a first book but it is not the book of a beginner. ... At 26 he is skillful, witty, and energetic and performs like a virtuoso"---so wrote Saul Bellow ... The Breast (1972) finds Roth rather pathetically groping for a subject equally ... Writer (1979), Zuckerman Unbound (1981), and The Anatomy Lesson (1983).
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Remembering Julia: Fonda and Redgrave's romantic friendship ...  Oct 29, 2007 ... Jane Fonda's Lillian becomes involved with the male writer Dashiell Hammett (as the real Lillian Hellman did in life), while Vanessa Redgrave's Julia goes off to ... Hellman, author of the lesbian-themed play (and later movie) The ... a male friend after he has suggested that everyone knew she and Julia
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Private Benjamin Movie Review (1980) | Roger Ebert  Jan 1, 1980 ... Howard Zieff's Private Benjamin is an appealing, infectious comedy starring Goldie Hawn as Judy Benjamin, a Jewish-American princess,...
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Murder in the First (film) - Wikipedia  Murder in the First is a 1995 American drama thriller film, directed by Marc Rocco, about a petty criminal named Henri Young (portrayed by Kevin Bacon) who is put on trial for murder in the first degree. The film also stars Christian Slater and Gary Oldman. ... The escape plan fails due to the betrayal of a fellow inmate, Rufus McCain...
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Philip Roth - Wikipedia  Philip Milton Roth (born March 19, 1933) is an American novelist. He first gained attention with the 1959 novella Goodbye, Columbus, an ..... The accompanying essay, written by critic A.O. Scott, stated, "If we had asked for the single .... finalist for The Ghost Writer; 1984 National Book Award finalist for The Anatomy Lesson...
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Zuckerman Unbound by Philip Roth  Reviews, Discussion ...  I quite like him, but he does not make me swoon. ... I was not as impressed as a was after the Ghost Writer, but this book was still worth the time. ...... I don't know much about Philip Roth other than he's from New Jersey, is apparently Jewish and has written quite a few novels .... Nathan Zuckerman  l'alter ego di Philip Roth,.
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Julia Reviews & Ratings - IMDb  Lillian never fully understands Julia's political ideology or why she risks so much to fight ... Jane Fonda plays Lillian in this beautifully crafted film by Fred Zinnemann about ... The late Jason Robards is wonderful as her grouchy companion. ... talents as a playwright under the tutelage of her long-time lover, Dashiell Hammett,...
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Roots (1977 miniseries) - Wikipedia  Roots is an American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel, Roots: The Saga ... The series introduced LeVar Burton in the role of Kunta Kinte. ... Virginia, near Fredericksburg, buys Kunta and gives him the name Toby. ... as a chattel slave and feels haunted by his Mandinka roots and his memories of...