The Goodbye Girl (2004 film)

*The Goodbye Girl*
The Goodbye Girl
Genre	Comedy
Based on	The Goodbye Girl; by Neil Simon
Written by	Neil Simon
Directed by	Richard Benjamin
Starring	Jeff Daniels; Patricia Heaton; Hallie Kate Eisenberg; Alan Cumming;
Music by	John Frizzell
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Ron Ziskin; Dave Collins; Neil Simon;
Producers	Timothy Marx; Richard Benjamin;
Cinematography	Danny Nowak
Editor	Jacqueline Cambas
Running time	103 minutes
Production companies	Warner Bros. Television; Turner Entertainment Co.; Ron Ziskin Productions;
Original release
Network	TNT
Release	January 16, 2004

The Goodbye Girl is a 2004 American television comedy film directed by Richard Benjamin and written by Neil Simon, based on Simon's screenplay to the 1977 film of the same name. It stars Jeff Daniels and Patricia Heaton.^[1] It aired on TNT on January 16, 2004.^[1] Like the original film, it follows an actor who lives in an apartment along with his friend's ex-girlfriend, whom the friend has just abandoned, and her preteen daughter.

Cast[edit]

Jeff Daniels as Elliot Garfield
Patricia Heaton as Paula McFadden
Hallie Kate Eisenberg as Lucy McFadden
Lynda Boyd as Donna Douglas
Alan Cumming as Mark
Richard Benjamin as Oliver Fry
Sharon Wilkins as Mrs. Crosby
Marco Soriano as Ronnie Burns

Woody Jeffreys as Eddie
Emily Holmes as Rhonda
Ron Halder as Lovell
Ross Benjamin as Catesby
Marie Stillin as Mark's Mother
Kevin Durand as Earl
Zag Margaret as Gretchen

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Heffernan, Virginia (January 16, 2004). "TELEVISION REVIEW; A Visit to the Manhattan Of Big, Cheap Apartments". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2018.

External links[edit]

The Goodbye Girl at IMDb

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[NYT-1] Heffernan, Virginia (January 16, 2004). "TELEVISION REVIEW; A Visit to the Manhattan Of Big, Cheap Apartments". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2018.

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Musicals	Little Me (1962) Sweet Charity (1966) Promises, Promises (1968) They're Playing Our Song (1979) The Goodbye Girl (1993)
Films	After the Fox (1966) Barefoot in the Park (1967) The Odd Couple (1968) The Out-of-Towners (1970) Plaza Suite (1971) Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972) The Heartbreak Kid (1972) The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975) The Sunshine Boys (1975) Murder by Death (1976) The Goodbye Girl (1977) The Cheap Detective (1978) California Suite (1978) Chapter Two (1979) Seems Like Old Times (1980) Only When I Laugh (1981) I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982) Max Dugan Returns (1983) The Lonely Guy (1984) The Slugger's Wife (1985) Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986) Biloxi Blues (1988) The Marrying Man (1991) Broadway Bound (1992) Lost in Yonkers (1993) London Suite (1996) The Sunshine Boys (1996) The Odd Couple II (1998) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (2001) The Goodbye Girl (2004)