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Garbo Talks

Anne Bancroft and Ron Silver
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Overview

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.

Awards:

Main Cast & Crew:
Sidney Lumet - Director
Anne Bancroft
Ron Silver
Carrie Fisher
Catherine Hicks
Steven Hill
Howard Da Silva
Dorothy Loudon
Harvey Fierstein
Hermione Gingold
Richard B. Shull

Details

    DVD Format
  • Format: DVD (Manufactured on Demand)
  • Color Format: Color
  • UPC: 883904219354
  • Genre: COMEDIES
  • Rating: NR
  • Release Date: January 2011

Movie Reviews

Notes:
Theatrical release: October 12, 1984. Filmed on location in New York City and Fire Island, New York.

Reviews:
"...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..." - 10/10/1984 Variety

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