Richard Brooks "Bite the Bullet" (1975) was Brooks' return to the western. He based his original screenplay on the endurance horse races popular at the turn of the century. In 1977, he released another controversial film, an adaptation of Judith Rossner's 1975 novel "Looking for Mr. Goodbar." It starred Diane Keaton as a Catholic school teacher who searches for sexual satisfaction in singles bars. Brooks made the film on a tight budget, and its frank treatment of sex and its horrific storyline brought praise and condemnation and sold tickets. He ended his career with "Wrong Is Right" (1982), a satire about the
The Sitter (1977 film) short films was nowhere near as good as they both anticipated. Although major studios were not interested in the short film, they were able to land a one-week showing at a theatre for consideration at the 1977 Academy Awards to qualify a nomination for Best Live Action Short. "The Sitter" had a short theatrical run being screened before "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" at Mann's Village Theatre in Westwood, California. In spite of its good reception, the film did not get nominated for an Oscar. Executive producers Barry Krost and Douglas Chapin had gone to the theatre to see "Looking for