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"A witty social satire about a poor librarian from the Bronx and a pampered Jewish princess from Westchester County who become lovers despite her parents' opposition."@en
"Comedy based on Philip Roth's best-selling social satire about a poor Bronx librarian and a pampered Jewish princess who fall in love and try to cross class lines."@en
"Based on one of author Phillip Roth's shorter works, Goodbye Columbus stars Richard Benjamin as Neil, a young man of humble means who falls in love with Jewish-American-princess Brenda (Ali MacGraw). Their romance is out of the question so far as Brenda's suburbanite parents are concerned, so Neil and Brenda rendezvous in some of the sleaziest motels ever seen in a 1960s film (and that assessment includes The Bates Motel). Unwilling to take birth control pills because they upset her tummy, Brenda opts for a diaphragm, which unfortunately is discovered by her mother. Their rocky relationship comprises the bulk of the film. The trendy, New Wave-influenced direction by Larry Peerce gained a great deal of critical attention in 1969, notably such self-indulgent devices as having a close-up of a girl's navel dissolve into a long-shot of a swimming pool. Far more memorable is Peerce's amusingly straight-on depictions of upper-class Jewish/American social functions. In their film debuts, Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw are appealingly awkward; the more memorable performance is delivered by Michael Meyers as MacGraw's adenoidal younger brother."@en
"A young man, two years out of the army and still trying to decide what to do with the rest of his life, meets a wealthy young woman who has everything. They fall in love and the battle of values between the "haves" and the "have-nots" begins."@en
"Based on the novella by Philip Roth, a social satire about a poor Bronx librarian and a Jewish princess from Westchester."@en
"A poor Bronx librarian and a pampered Jewish princess cross class lines when they fall in love, despite stiff opposition from her parents. Based on the novella by Philip Roth."@en
"A social satire about a poor Bronx librarian and a Jewish princess from Westchester."@en
"A social satire about a poor Bronx librarian and a Jewish princess from Westchester."
"A poor librarian from the Bronx falls in love with pampered Jewish-American Brenda. These two star crossed lovers must try to cross class lines amidst kisses and her parents' stiff opposition."@en
"A poignant comedy in which a poor Bronz male librarian and a spoiled Jewish American princess from Westchester fall in love and try to surmount differences in values and social class."@en
"This unorthodox and bittersweet comedy received an Oscar nomination for best screenplay based on another medium. Roth's social satire is brought to life as Richard Benjamin and Ali McGraw play Neil and Brenda, who try to cross class lines amidst kisses and her parents' stiff opposition. A poignant and funny comedy. Rated PG; 1969."