Looking for Mr. Goodbar (film) Actress the same year for "Annie Hall". Director Richard Brooks was nominated for "Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium" from the Writers Guild of America. Looking for Mr. Goodbar (film) 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 and Richard Gere. The film was a commercial success, earning $22.5
Looking for Mr. Goodbart "The A.V. Club" gave the episode a B, stating "'Looking For Mr. Goodbart’ isn’t boring. But it doesn’t quite land as hard as it appears it’s going to for a time. The script really does lay the foundation for it—Bart and Phoebe’s mutual admiration makes sense in context, and both actors find the emotional truth there. I like how Phoebe’s unimpressed reaction to Bart’s scam turns to genuine appreciation once she, among other things, sees Bart enjoying nature (in the form of a losing fight with a praying mantis). Walking off with Bart, she talks about them going ‘inside that