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Garbo Talks is a 1984 American comedy-drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, and Carrie Fisher, with an uncredited appearance by Betty Comden as Greta Garbo. The film was written by Larry Grusin, and also stars Catherine Hicks , Steven Hill , and the first screen appearance of Mary McDonnell .
- $1,493,782
- Cy Coleman
- October 12, 1984
- Burtt Harris, Elliott Kastner
Oct 12, 1984 · Garbo Talks: Directed by Sidney Lumet. With Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, Carrie Fisher, Catherine Hicks. The son of a woman dying of a brain tumor tries to fulfill his mother's last wish: to meet Greta Garbo.
- (1.8K)
- Sidney Lumet
- PG-13
- Comedy, Drama
A movie about a dying woman's last wish to meet Greta Garbo, the legendary recluse, and the son who tries to make it happen. The reviewer criticizes the film for its treatment of Garbo, the characters, and the story, and calls it a disappointment.
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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...
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- Sidney Lumet
- PG-13
- 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.
Lumet's atypical comedy, Garbo Talks (1984), was given an ambivalent reception. The whimsical, sentimental screenplay by television writer Larry Grusin has been compared to the work of Neil Simon.
Garbo Talks (1984) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
