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Goodbye, Columbus

1969 · 102 min

A sharp, bittersweet romance that unfolds with wry humor and quiet heartache, capturing the friction between love and class.

Tagline
Every father's daughter is a virgin.
Overview
A Jewish man and a Jewish woman meet, and while attracted to each other, find that their worlds are very different. She is the archetypal Jewish American Princess — very emotionally involved with her parents' world and the world they have created for her, while he is much less dependent on his family. They begin an affair which brings more differences to the surface.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • love
  • family
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • suburbs
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Larry Peerce
Written by
Arnold Schulman
Starring
Richard Benjamin, Ali MacGraw, Jack Klugman, Nan Martin, Michael Meyers, Lori Shelle, Monroe Arnold, Kay Cummings
Music
Charles Fox
Cinematography
Gerald Hirschfeld, Enrique Bravo
Runtime
102 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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