Looking for Mr. Goodbar
To her father, Theresa was a dutiful daughter. To the children she taught, Theresa brought warmth and hope. To the men she met in bars, Theresa was easy. All kinds of people loved Theresa. Diane Keaton plays Theresa in Looking for Mr. Goodbar.
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10/19/1977Runtime
136 minsGenres
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A short, unhappy affair with a married man leads a dedicated schoolteacher into the alcohol-and-drug fueled underworld of singles’ bars, where she begins to engage in a pattern of dangerous sexual activity.
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EnglishBudget
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A harrowing descent into the late-70s disco underworld that watches a respectable teacher's structured life unravel through compulsive self-destruction. The film holds unflinching empathy for its protagonist even as it documents her spiraling into increasingly dangerous choices.
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