Theresa Dunn’s mild demeanor and job as an inner-city school teacher for deaf children masks her rebellious nightlife of frequenting dance clubs and dive bars, searching for easy men and one-night stands. At odds with her older sister Katherine, whose seemingly idyllic life is itself a cover for infidelity and heartbreak, Theresa finds joy in her self-styled form of liberation, in part to overcompensate for the trauma of a disfiguring scar from childhood scoliosis and her repressive Catholic upbringing. When two wildly different men, the square but grounded James and fun but unhinged Tony, enter her life, Theresa is forced to confront her demons as never before, forcing her on a path of increased self-destruction.
Adapted from Judith Rossner’s best-selling true crime novel of the same name, director and screenwriter Richard Brooks’ haunting drama LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR stars Diane Keaton (Annie Hall) in an unforgettable and Golden Globe-nominated leading performance alongside an Oscar® nominated supporting performance from Tuesday Weld (Play It As It Lays) in addition to supporting performances from William Atherton (Day of the Locust) and Richard Gere (American Gigolo) in his breakthrough role. An unsettling exploration of mid-70s urban America at the intersecting decline of the sexual revolution and the height of the disco age, filmed with grit and elegance by five-time Oscar® nominee William Fraker (Exorcist II: The Heretic) and featuring an iconic soundtrack of disco and Motown hits, Vinegar Syndrome at last presents the long overdue 4K UHD and Blu-ray debut of this remarkable studio masterpiece, which has been exclusively restored for this release from its original camera negative.
directed by: Richard Brooks
starring: Diane Keaton, Tuesday Weld, William Atherton, Richard Gere, Tom Berenger, LeVar Burton
1977 / 136 min / 1.85:1 / English DTS-HD Master Audio Mono
Additional info:
- 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD (High Bitrate UHD100) / Region A Blu-ray
- 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
- Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
- Commentary track with filmmaker/film scholar Gillian Wallace Horvat
- First Comes the Word: Richard Brooks and the making of Looking for Mr. Goodbar (23 min) - an interview with Douglass K. Daniel, author of Tough as Nails: The Life and Films of Richard Brooks
- Studs Terkel interview from 1976 with Looking for Mr. Goodbar author Judith Rossner (13 min)
- Defining Autonomy: The Trial of Looking for Mr. Goodbar (30 min) - a visual essay by Brent Cowley on the obscenity trial following the film's theatrical release in Utah
- Original trailer
- Radio spots
- 40-page perfect bound book with essays by Marya E. Gates, Marc Edward Heuck, Elizabeth Purchell, and Jourdain Searles (exclusive to the limited deluxe case edition)
- Reversible sleeve artwork
- English SDH subtitles
