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Looking for Mr. Goodbar is a 1977 American crime drama film, based on Judith Rossner's best-selling 1975 novel of the same name, which was inspired by the 1973 murder of New York City schoolteacher Roseann Quinn.
Oct 19, 1977 · Looking for Mr. Goodbar: Directed by Richard Brooks. With Diane Keaton, Tuesday Weld, William Atherton, Richard Kiley. A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively extreme sexual encounters.
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- Richard Brooks
- 1977-10-19
Nov 13, 2009 · The novel and movie Looking For Mr. Goodbar were based on the 1973 killing of Roseann Quinn by John Wayne Wilson. The incident was seen as a warning of the dangers of casual sex in the 1970s.
- Missy Sullivan
Looking for Mr. Goodbar is a novel by American writer Judith Rossner. Published in 1975, the book—a "stunning psychological study of a woman's passive complicity in her own death" —won critical acclaim and was a #1 New York Times best seller.
- Judith Rossner
- 1975
Raised in a strict Catholic family, Theresa (Diane Keaton) teaches deaf children during the day and cruises singles bars and discos at night. Theresa favors rough sex with random suitors, ignoring...
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- Richard Brooks
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- Diane Keaton
A film adaptation of Judith Rossner's novel about a promiscuous young woman who is killed by a stranger she meets in a bar. Diane Keaton gives a memorable performance as Theresa, but the movie fails to capture her masochistic impulse and the book's psychological complexity.
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A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively extreme sexual encounters.
