- Garbo Talks
Infobox Film
name = Garbo Talks
writer =Larry Grusin
starring =Anne Bancroft Ron Silver Carrie Fisher Catherine Hicks Steven Hill
director =Sidney Lumet
producer =Burtt Harris Elliott Kastner
music =Cy Coleman
cinematography =Andrzej Bartkowiak
editing =Andrew Mondshein
distributor = MGM
released =October 12 1984
runtime = 103 min.
language = English
imdb_id = 0087313"Garbo Talks" is a 1984 film directed by
Sidney Lumet . The movie starsAnne Bancroft as a terminally ill woman who asks her son, Gilbert, to help her fulfill her last wish: to meetGreta Garbo . As her son, played byRon Silver , carries out his search for Garbo, he confronts his relationship with his wife and an interest in a struggling actress.The movie was written by
Larry Grusin and stars Bancroft, Silver,Carrie Fisher ,Catherine Hicks andSteven Hill . Bancroft was nominated for aGolden Globe for her work in the film.Supporting roles include:
Howard Da Silva andDorothy Loudon , a down-on-his-luck paparazzo and his agent,Harvey Fierstein , a gay man that Gilbert meets on theFire Island ferry, andHermione Gingold , a nearly-senile actress who once worked with the elusive Garbo.Broadway songwriter
Betty Comden plays Garbo, and her writing partnerAdolph Green has a cameo.Greta Garbo's low, husky voice and Swedish accent was first heard on screen in
Eugene O'Neill 's "Anna Christie" (1930), which was publicized with the slogan "Garbo Talks".External links
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