Anne Bancroft
Estelle Rolfe
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Garbo Talks is a 1984 comedy-drama film about a dying woman's wish to meet Greta Garbo. The film stars Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, and Carrie Fisher, and features an uncredited appearance by the legendary actress.
A son tries to grant his dying mother's wish of meeting her idol, the legendary actress Greta Garbo. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this 1984 film directed by Sidney Lumet.
- (1.9K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Sidney Lumet
- 1984-10-12
The movie tells the story of a dying woman whose last wish is to meet Greta Garbo, the legendary recluse. The woman’s son, who never has been able to assert himself about anything in his life, vows to find Garbo and bring her to his mother’s bedside.
When doting son Gilbert Rolfe (Ron Silver) finds out his mother has a brain tumor, he is devastated. His incorrigible mother, Estelle (Anne Bancroft), has one last wish: to meet the great Greta...
- (21)
- Sidney Lumet
- PG-13
- Anne Bancroft
Garbo Talks -. Veteran director Sidney Lumet favored powerful dramas, alternating between stage adaptations, topical potboilers and the occasional courtroom blockbuster, such as The Verdict (1982). Lumet's atypical comedy, Garbo Talks (1984), was given an ambivalent reception.
- Sidney Lumet
- Anne Bancroft
The son of a woman dying of a brain tumor tries to fulfill his mother's last wish: to meet Greta Garbo. Estelle is a one-person protest army: she goes to jail over grocery prices, shames construction workers for catcalling at passing women, and won't cross a picket line for her son's wedding.
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