The Long goodbye
(DVD) 

From the Raymond Chandler novel "The Long Goodbye" [1954].

Originally released as a motion picture in 1973.

Special features: Rip Van Marlowe (25 min.) [making of featurette]; Vilmos Zsigmond: Flashes The Long Goodbye (15 min.); American Cinematographer, reprint of 1973 article [by Edward Lipnick, text feature]; Radio spots 1-5, (4 min.); Theatrical trailer (3 min.).

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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).

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.

MPAA rating: Rated R.

DVD, Region 1, Dolby Digital mono, widescreen presentation aspect ratio 2.35:1.

English or French soundtracks, with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish ; closed-captioned.