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Garbo Talks is a 1984 American comedy-drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, and Carrie Fisher, with an uncredited appearance by Betty Comden as Greta Garbo. The film was written by Larry Grusin, and also stars Catherine Hicks , Steven Hill , and the first screen appearance of Mary McDonnell .
Oct 12, 1984 · Garbo Talks: Directed by Sidney Lumet. With Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, Carrie Fisher, Catherine Hicks. The son of a woman dying of a brain tumor tries to fulfill his mother's last wish: to meet Greta Garbo.
- (1.8K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Sidney Lumet
- 1984-10-12
A dying woman wants to meet Greta Garbo, the legendary recluse, and her son tries to fulfill her wish. Roger Ebert criticizes the movie for its lack of humor, drama and originality, and for its disappointing ending.
Garbo Talks. 1984 · 1 hr 45 min. PG-13. Comedy · Drama. A dying mother's (Anne Bancroft) last wish to meet Greta Garbo costs her son (Ron Silver) his job, his marriage and his dignity. Carrie Fisher also stars in this slice-of-life film from director Sidney Lumet. Subtitles: English.
- Sidney Lumet
- January 1, 1984
- Anne Bancroft
The son of a woman dying of a brain tumor tries to fulfill his mother's last wish: to meet Greta Garbo. Estelle is a one-person protest army: she goes to jail over grocery prices, shames construction workers for catcalling at passing women, and won't cross a picket line for her son's wedding.
When doting son Gilbert Rolfe (Ron Silver) finds out his mother has a brain tumor, he is devastated. His incorrigible mother, Estelle (Anne Bancroft), has one last wish: to meet the great Greta...
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- Comedy, Drama
- PG-13
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Lumet's atypical comedy, Garbo Talks (1984), was given an ambivalent reception. The whimsical, sentimental screenplay by television writer Larry Grusin has been compared to the work of Neil Simon.
