Goodbye, Columbus
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Goodbye, Columbus

Year:
Duration:
102 min
Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Romance
IMDB rate:
6.6
Director:
Larry Peerce
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 8 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1969-05-21
Filming Locations: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Earnings
Gross: $22,939,805 (USA) Filming Dates 8 July 1968 Related Links
Cast
Actor
Character
Richard Benjamin
Neil Klugman
Ali MacGraw
Brenda Patimkin
Jack Klugman
Ben Patimkin
Nan Martin
Mrs. Ben Patimkin
Michael Meyers
Ron Patimkin
Lori Shelle
Julie Patimkin
Monroe Arnold
Uncle Leo
Kay Cummings
Doris Klugman
Sylvie Strause
Aunt Gladys
Royce Wallace
Carlotta
Anthony McGowan
Boy in Library
Mari Gorman
Laura Simpson Sockaloe
Chris Schenkel
Voice on Columbus Record (voice)
Jay Jostyn
Voice on Columbus Record (voice)
Jan Peerce
Uncle Manny
Max Peerce
Uncle Max
Rey Baumel
Uncle Harry (as Ray Baumel)
Delos V. Smith Jr.
Mr. Scapelle
Gail Ommerle
Harriet
David Benedict
The Rabbi
Johnny Carson
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bill Derringer
John McKee (uncredited)
Julie Garfield
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Betty Grayson
Aunt Molly (uncredited)
Susan Lucci
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Bette Midler
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Reuben Schafer
Uncle Max (uncredited)
Jaclyn Smith
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Elaine Swain
Sarah Ehrlich (uncredited)
Richard Wexler
Busboy (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Jaclyn Smith's film debut.
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Lesley Ann Warren was supposed to play Brenda, but became pregnant and was replaced.
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Natalie Wood was offered the role of Brenda and turned it down.
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Goofs
At one point Chris Schenkel mentions the "red and white" in reference to Ohio State. Anyone who was ever near Columbus (or followed the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry) knows that the colors are "scarlet and gray". (The incorrect "red/white" reference to the Ohio State Buckeyes comes from Philip Roth's book itself; see in Chapter 7, page 104, line 7 from the top [Houghton Mifflin Co. edition, 1959].)
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At the dinner table, Julie is told that it is earlier in Columbus, where Harriet is calling from, than where she lives in New York. In fact both cities are in the same Eastern Standard Time Zone. In the book, Harriet is calling from Milwaukee in the Central Time Zone, which is correct. However, when the screenplay changed her location to Columbus, the writer failed to realize this fact and change the dialog or the city.
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Quotes
Brenda Patimkin: Look, I'm not gonna take the pills, and that's the end of it. In the first place, you don't just *take* the pills: you have to start taking them at a specific time.
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Neil Klugman: Hey, I meant to ask you. About those pills, don't you have to take them in the morning? Does it make a difference when you take them?
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Brenda Patimkin: Are you serious?
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Photos from cast
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