Garbo Talks

– A New York accountant (Ron Silver) sets out to grant his dying mother's last wish--to meet film star..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.40 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 43 Minutes
Release Year:
1984
Garbo Talks (1984)

A New York accountant (Ron Silver) sets out to grant his dying mother's last wish--to meet film star Greta Garbo. Sidney Lumet's bittersweet 1984 comedy also stars Anne Bancroft, Catherine Hicks, Carrie Fisher, Harvey Fierstein, Howard Da Silva, Steven Hill, Hermione Gingold, Dorothy Loudon and Betty Comden.

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Producing Country:
USA
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Genre:

Garbo Talks (1984) - Trailer

Release Date:

12 Oct 1984

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Writer:

Larry Grusin

Main Actors:

Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, Carrie Fisher, Catherine Hicks

Plot:

Estelle is a one-person protest army: she goes to jail over grocery prices, shames construction workers for catcalls to passing women, and won't cross a picket line for her son's wedding. She also loves Garbo films: when she learns she has a brain tumor and six months to live, she decides she must meet Garbo. Her dutiful son Gilbert, a Manhattan accountant named for Garbo's co-star, hires a paparazzo to show him Garbo's flat, stakes it out, gets a job delivering food there, seeks her on Fire Island, and tracks her to a Sixth Avenue flea market. As his obsession distances him from his wife, he's drawn to a struggling actress he meets at work. Can he find Garbo; if so, will she talk?

Production:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
14%