Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Egyptian Theatre, Los Angeles
### **ABOUT THE FILM:** 11:00am | Doors open & Live musical performance by pianist Chris Dawson 12:00pm | Introduction by actor Elliott Gould and Eddie Muller 12:10pm | **THE LONG GOODBYE** 2:02pm | Q&A with actor Elliott Gould. Moderated by Eddie Muller. *Start times are approximate.* ### **ABOUT THE FILM:** Originally released March 7, 1973 Philip Marlowe wakes up from a twenty-year nap to find that Los Angeles has only gotten screwier in his absence. The private detective gets a postmodern update with THE LONG GOODBYE, a rambling adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s 1953 novel. There are some crucial changes made by screenwriter Leigh Brackett, but to get hung up on the machinations of the plot is to miss the point entirely. Sure, Marlowe wants to solve the case, but there are stretches where he seems more interested in cat-food brands or making sure the goons tailing him don’t get lost. The film is so committed to its irreverent worldview that you become invested in these tangents, too. Elliott Gould redefines “cool” as Marlowe, and director Robert Altman has so much fun playing with noir clichés that he works in over a dozen versions of the hardboiled theme song. FORMAT: DCP DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus COUNTRY: USA