Goodbye Columbus | Trailer (Klara Tavakoli)

The only trailer "Goodbye Columbus" has... :-) Trailer I made for the film from 1969, starring Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw.

Based on a novella by Philip Roth and featuring original songs by The Association, "Goodbye Columbus" is about Neil, a poor Bronx librarian, and Brenda, a pampered Jewish princess from Westchester. "Goodbye Columbus" was both MacGraw and Benjamin's film debuts, playing Brenda and Neil as they try to cross class lines. A very funny and poignant comedy.

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• Ali MacGraw
• Richard Benjamin
• Goodbye Columbus
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[diddymuck]

what in the living hell was so popular about this flick??? What was even the topic they were trying to drive home? rich people have daughters that put out to librarians? Jewish parents give great weddings? Spoiled kids are either pushy, stupid or promiscuious? the whole flick was about as entertaining as watching visting day at a retirement village.

[klaratava]

@diddymuck that's okay, lots of people do find it charming, for various reasons. I enjoy it for the easiness of the film, the style, the music, the actors, the era that's captured... It's a feel-good film.

[eecortese]

@klaratava - Very well put! Thanks for posting this wonderful trailer.

Too bad that diddymuck either misunderstood or doesn't understand at all what is happening here. If I didn't know any better, I'd say the comment was anti semitic masked by disingenuousness.

Suggest that s/he views the entire film or reads the Roth novella. It may offer some insight into the generational differences, attitudes, and behavior of the post WW II suburban nouveau rich.

[klaratava]

@eecortese Very true. And one doesn't have to be Jewish to appreciate this movie. I'm not. The story is a charming slice of life... I love the late 60's, Ali MacGraw, Richard Benjamin, The Association, the wardrobes... I love it all. That it's also exploring some interesting cultural & bourgeoisie societal themes – and generational differences, as you said – makes it all the more interesting :-)

[dkurz10156]

You made this? wow, fantastic job

i've seen this movie about 20 times. i was 17 (in 1969) and so in love with Ali

[snackman2005]

PLEASE risk up-loading the movie for all of us Goodbye Columbus fans out here :)

[WAGXOXOXO]

As an entertainment lawyer & executive, I have been watching films for many years. When Richard Benjamin's character asks Ali Macgraw's character at the end of the film, " But do YOU think it was right?", he is highlighting the main theme of the film; individual morality. The brilliance of the film is the way it created an atmosphere that resonated with an audience & still does today:) No special effects, no silly models who can't act saying trite, mundane lines; just pure skill in filmmaking.

[domesick]

This trailer gave me goosebumps when she says, "I was engaged for someone for a year until last week." And he says, "What happened." I don't know why. it just hit me. Good job!

[thebjm1967]

@dkurz10156 oh wow i am so jealous you were around in 1969! what was it like back then?

[Msaprilconquest]

goback3spaces: i've seen the film many times & read the book once. perhaps it's time to re-read it, but IF i remember correctly, the *main* conflict between richard & ali's characters was a trust issue because she either did or didn't use her birth control (i forget which) & failed to inform him...a big deal in my opinion...

[Msaprilconquest]

thank you for doing this!

[eecortese]

@goback3spaces -

In the original novella, the location was Newark (Roth originally from Weequahic Park section) and Short Hills, NJ. The movie was set in The Bronx and Westchester County. My father worked on the production. I spent almost the entire summer of 1968 (I was sixteen) on the set fantasizing over Ali McGraw.

I recall Jack Klugman as being a real sport with a terrific sense of humor.

Brenda's brother Ron, played by Michael Meyers, was actually a medical student at the time