The Goodbye Girl (2004 film)

2004 American TV series or program

Jeff Daniels
Patricia Heaton
Hallie Kate Eisenberg
Alan Cumming

Music byJohn FrizzellCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionExecutive producers

Ron Ziskin
Dave Collins
Neil Simon

Producers

Timothy Marx
Richard Benjamin

CinematographyDanny NowakEditorJacqueline CambasRunning time103 minutesProduction companies

Warner Bros. Television
Turner Entertainment Co.
Ron Ziskin Productions

Original releaseNetworkTNTReleaseJanuary 16, 2004 (2004-01-16)

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

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

^ ^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

The Goodbye Girl at IMDb

Films directed by Richard Benjamin

My Favorite Year (1982)
Racing with the Moon (1984)
City Heat (1984)
The Money Pit (1986)
Little Nikita (1988)
My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
Downtown (1990)
Mermaids (1990)
Made in America (1993)
Milk Money (1994)
Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)
The Pentagon Wars (1998)
The Sports Pages (2001)
Laughter on the 23rd Floor (2001)
The Shrink Is In (2001)
Marci X (2003)
The Goodbye Girl (2004)
A Little Thing Called Murder (2006)

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Plays	Come Blow Your Horn (1961) Barefoot in the Park (1963) The Odd Couple (1965) The Star-Spangled Girl (1966) Plaza Suite (1968) Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1969) The Gingerbread Lady (1970) The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1971) The Sunshine Boys (1972) The Good Doctor (1973) God's Favorite (1974) California Suite (1976) Chapter Two (1977) I Ought to Be in Pictures (1980) Fools (1981) The Female Odd Couple (1981) Brighton Beach Memoirs (1983) Biloxi Blues (1985) Broadway Bound (1986) Rumors (1988) Lost in Yonkers (1991) Jake's Women (1992) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (1993) London Suite (1995) Proposals (1997) The Dinner Party (2000) 45 Seconds from Broadway (2001) Oscar and Felix: A New Look at the Odd Couple (2002) Rose's Dilemma (2003)
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)