Based on the novel by Raymond Chandler. Originally released as a motion picture in 1973. Wide screen. Special features: New audio commentry by Tim Lucas; Rip Van Marlowe: featurette with Robert Altman and Elliott Gould; Vilmos Zsigmond flashes The Long Goodbye: featurette; David Thompson on Robert Altman: featurette; Tom Williams on Raymond Chandler: Featurette; Maxim Jakubowski on hard boiled fiction; American cinematorgrapher 1973 article with animation; Trailers from Hell; radio spots; TV spots. Elliott Gould, Sterling Hayden, Nin Van Pallandt, Henry Gibson, Mark Rydell, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Summary:
It is a gloriously inspired subversion of the film noir genre with the "sun-baked Sodom" of 1970s Hollywood as its backdrop. Private eye Philip Marlowe faces the most bizarre case of his life when a friend's apparent suicide turns into a double murder involving a sexy blonde, a disturbed gangster, and a suitcase full of drug money. But as Marlowe stumbles toward the truth, he soon finds himself lost in a maze of sex and deceit only to discover that in L.A., if love is dangerous ... friendship is murder.
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