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1969 film by Larry Peerce This article is about the film adaptation. Goodbye, Columbus is a 1969 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw , directed by Larry Peerce and based on the 1959 novella of the same name by Philip Roth .1The screenplay, by Arnold Schulman , won the Writers Guild of America Award .2 The story's title alludes to a phonograph record played by the brother of MacGraw's character, nostalgically recalling his athletic career at Ohio State in Columbus. The film was essentially MacGraw's film debut, as she had previously had only a " bit part " in the previous year's A Lovely Way to Die . Goodbye, Columbus at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films .
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The title story of Philip Roth 's novella Goodbye, Columbus (1959) is the subject of the 1969 film of the same name, directed by Larry Peerce .
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Goodbye, Columbus is a 1969 American romantic comedy drama film starring Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw , directed by Larry Peerce and based on the novella of the same name by Philip Roth .The screenplay was written by Arnold Schulman who was awarded the Writers Guild of America Award .This was essentially MacGraw's film debut, as she had previously played a bit part in 1968's A Lovely Way to Die .Goodbye, Columbus at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films .
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Goodbye, Columbus is a 1969 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw , directed by Larry Peerce and based on the 1959 novella of the same name by Philip Roth . The screenplay, by Arnold Schulman , won the Writers Guild of America Award .The story's title alludes to a phonograph record played by the brother of MacGraw's character, nostalgically recalling his athletic career at Ohio State .The film was essentially MacGraw's film debut, as she had previously had only a " bit part " in the previous year's A Lovely Way to Die . Goodbye, Columbus at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films .
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1969 film by Larry Peerce Goodbye, Columbus is a 1969 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Larry Peerce from a screenplay by Arnold Schulman , based on the 1959 novella by Philip Roth .The film stars Richard Benjamin , Jack Klugman , Nan Martin , and Ali MacGraw . The story's title alludes to a phonograph record played by the brother of MacGraw's character, nostalgically recalling his athletic career at Ohio State in Columbus . The film was essentially MacGraw's film debut, as she had previously had only a bit part in the previous year's A Lovely Way to Die . The screenplay won the Writers Guild of America Award . Goodbye, Columbus at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films .
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subject of the 1969 film of the same name
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a 1969 american romantic comedy-drama film directed by larry peerce from a screenplay by arnold schulman
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