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Garbo Talks
1984
Master dramatist Sidney Lumet takes a gentler, more lighthearted approach to human nature in his gentle comedy GARBO TALKS. While the film centers on the main character's obsession with the great Greta Garbo, it is Anne Bancroft as the obsessed woman herself who is the luminous heart of the film. As Estelle Rolfe, a perpetually .. Read more
| Starring | Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, Carrie Fisher, Catherine Hicks |
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| Director | Sidney Lumet |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Garbo Talks
Master dramatist Sidney Lumet takes a gentler, more lighthearted approach to human nature in his gentle comedy GARBO TALKS. While the film centers on the main character's obsession with the great Greta Garbo, it is Anne Bancroft as the obsessed woman herself who is the luminous heart of the film. As Estelle Rolfe, a perpetually protesting, heartbreakingly earnest and eccentric New Yorker, Bancroft is a powerhouse. Ron Silver is Gilbert (named for Garbo costar John Gilbert), Estelle's beloved adult son, living dutifully nearby, enduring marriage to a demanding wife (Carrie Fisher). The cantankerous Estelle is suddenly and tragically stopped in her tracks when she learns that she has less than six months to live. She decides that she must meet her idol, Garbo, before she dies, and Gilbert determinedly undertakes to locate the notoriously secluded actress; en route he encounters New York's rich underworld of eccentrics, leading him on a wild and seemingly fruitless chase. The all-star cast presents an endearing portrait of a city filled with individual stories and cherished common experiences; Bancroft is astounding in her earthy, captivating human portrayal of a woman in love with life while facing death.
| Starring | Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, Carrie Fisher, Catherine Hicks, Howard Da Silva, Harvey Fierstein, Hermione Gingold, Steven Hill |
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| Director | Sidney Lumet |
| Studio | ILC PRIME |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 40 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1984 To Rent: DVD: 13 Sep 2004 |
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"...Sidney Lumet has accurately and affectionately rendered the N.Y. milieu of delis and Central Park....[The] cast of Broadway stage regulars has perfectly mastered New York diction..."
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Great heart warming comedy & Anne Bancroft gives a terrific performance, Carrie Fisher was a bit wasted though. Another top film from top director Sidney ... read more »
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Dated but sweet
Bancroft steals the show in this dated comedy drama about a New York Jewish woman's dying wish to meet Garbo. Son goes on the trail (of which more could ... read more »
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Perhaps if i had taken more time to read about this movie i wouldn't have been so surprised at how unbelievably bad it was. It was like watching a Tuesday ... read more »
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Great heart warming comedy & Anne Bancroft gives a terrific performance, Carrie Fisher was a bit wasted though. Another top film from top director Sidney ... read more »
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Actor Silver dies
- 16 Mar 2009
Actor and political activist Ron Silver has lost his battle with esophageal cancer. He was 62. The award-winning stage actor passed away on Sunday (15Mar09) following a lengthy battle with the disease, and was surrounded by his family, according to friend and colleague Robin Bronk. He says, "Ron Silver died peacefully in his sleep with his family around him this morning. "He had been fighting esophageal cancer for two years and his family is making arrangements for a private service." Silver... Read more
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Master dramatist Sidney Lumet takes a gentler, more lighthearted approach to human nature in his gentle comedy GARBO TALKS. While the film centers on the main character's obsession with the great Greta Garbo, it is Anne Bancroft as the obsessed woman herself who is the luminous heart of the film. ...
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