Looking for Mr. Goodbar Critics Consensus. Showing all quotes that contain tender love.. Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Looking for Mr. Goodbar is a novel by American writer Judith Rossner.Published in 1975, the book—a "stunning psychological study of a woman's passive complicity in her own death" —won critical acclaim and was a #1 New York Times best seller. A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively violent sexual encounters. In class, she fantasies about her teacher. Showing all quotes that contain tender love.. Especially when it was revealed the fates of the male characters in the movie. Roseann Quinn (November 17, 1944 – January 2, 1973) was an American schoolteacher in New York City who was stabbed to death in 1973 by a man she met at a bar. There's one crucial thing that Looking for Mr. Goodbar doesn't make about a character obsessed, and fascinated, by what the end might be. I felt the same way at the ending of "American Graffiti"...very sad. Rated "R". Movies. Directed by Richard Brooks. Based upon the novel by Judith Rossner in 1975. Looking for Mr. Goodbar on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more a fascinating portrait from the start all the way to its shocking and disturbing ending. Theresa (Diane Keaton) is a woman exploring her sexual desires. Looking for Mr. Goodbar is a 1977 American crime drama film, based on Judith Rossner's best-selling novel of the same name, which was inspired by the 1973 murder of New York City schoolteacher Roseann Quinn, who led something of a double life.The film was written and directed by Richard Brooks, and stars Diane Keaton, Tuesday Weld, William Atherton, Richard Kiley, and Richard Gere. Use the HTML below. Though Looking for Mr. Goodbar remained Rossner's best known and best selling work, she continued to write. Still, Looking for Mr. Goodbar is a solid and intriguing film, which offered the first substantial film roles to Richard Gere and Tom Berenger. Looking for Mr. Goodbar by Judith Rossner. Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon DVD & Blu-ray Releases Release Calendar Movie News India Movie Spotlight. As for "Looking For Mr. Goodbar", well that ending was shocking as hell and scary as hell. There's one crucial thing that Looking for Mr. Goodbar doesn't make about a character obsessed, and fascinated, by what the end might be. ... it remains a fascinating portrait from the start all the way to its shocking and disturbing ending. Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) Richard Brooks' sexually frank and cautionary adaptation of Judith Rossner's 1975 fictional best-seller descended into the carnal depths of New York's singles bars during the height of the sexual revolution. Judith Perelman Rossner was an American novelist, best known for her 1975 novel Looking for Mr. Goodbar, which was inspired by the murder of Roseann Quinn and examined the underside of the seventies sexual liberation movement. Her novel, "Looking for Mr. Goodbar," sailed onto the bestseller lists in 1975. Based on Judith Rossner’s 1975 best-selling book of the same name, which itself was “inspired” by the real life 1973 murder of New York schoolteacher Roseann Quinn, Richard Brooks’ LOOKING FOR MR.GOODBAR (1977) is an almost forgotten film in this digital era despite its controversial subject and multiple Oscar nominations at the time of its release.