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Goodbye, Lara

2026

Once upon a time, a mermaid princess named Lara fell in love with a human prince. To be with him, she used a witch’s potion to become human—but the magic came at a cost: If she failed to find true love, she would vanish into sea foam forever. Now, 200 years later, Lara awakens in Lake Biwa with one final chance at life and love.

Graeme Clifford

Graeme Clifford is an acclaimed Australian film director, his directing credits include the Academy Award nominated film Frances, Gleaming the Cube and the mini-series The Last Don, which received two Emmy nominations. Clifford was a leading film editor for over ten years, before he made an impressive feature directorial debut with Frances, the dramatic real-life story of actress Frances Farmer, which gained Academy Award nominations for Jessica Lange and Kim Stanley. His second feature outing was the Australian historical adventure-drama Burke & Wills which was chosen as a participant in the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.He followed up with the contemporary action-suspense drama Gleaming the Cube, starring Christian Slater, and Deception (a.k.a. Ruby Cairo), starring Andie MacDowell, Liam Neeson and Viggo Mortensen. Born in Sydney, Australia, Clifford obtained his wide-ranging experience in editing, special effects, sound recording/mixing, animation and assistant directing at Artransa Park, Sydney’s only film studio for many years. He received additional tutelage working under directors like Robert Altman and Nicholas Roeg. His collaborations with Altman include M*A*S*H, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Images and The Long Goodbye. For Roeg, Clifford edited Don't Look Now, for which he was nominated for a British Academy Award, as well as The Man Who Fell to Earth. Clifford’s other feature editing credits include Norman Jewison’s F.I.S.T., Sam Peckinpah’s Convoy, Bob Rafelson’s The Postman Always Rings Twice and the cult-classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Clifford’s television directorial credits are many and varied. They include episodes of Joan of Arcadia, The Guardian, Twin Peaks and Faerie Tale Theatre, and the movies Profoundly Normal (Kirstie Alley, Delroy Lindo), See You In My Dreams (Aidan Quinn, Marcia Gay Harden), Redeemer (Matthew Modine), Past Tense (Scott Glenn, Lara Flynn Boyle, Anthony LaPaglia) and Mario Puzo’s The Last Don Parts I and II, an Emmy-nominated 10 hour mini-series (Danny Aiello, Joe Mantegna, Jason Gedrick, Daryl Hannah). Description above from the Wikipedia article Graeme Clifford, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Will Tilston

Cast · Known for Bridgerton

Will Tilston is an actor, known for Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017), Bridgerton (2020) and Lorraine (2001).

Marsha Mason

Marsha Mason (born April 3, 1942) is an American actress and theater director. She received four Academy Award nominations as Best Actress for her performances in Cinderella Liberty, The Goodbye Girl, Chapter Two, and Only When I Laugh. She is also known for starring in the 1986 film Heartbreak Ridge. Mason was married for ten years (1973–1983) to the playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon, who wrote many of the films in which she starred. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marsha Mason, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Richard Driscoll

Richard Driscoll is a British actor best known for playing the Rev Alex Healy in EastEnders from 1997 to 1999 and for playing Hector in Nick Love's directorial debut, Goodbye Charlie Bright in 2000.

Munson Hicks

Munson Hicks was born on 15 April 1945 in Vermont, USA. He is an actor, known for The Goodbye Girl (1977), Ed (2000) and Disappearances (2006).

Matthew Floyd Miller

Matthew Floyd Miller is an American stage and screen actor. Theatre credits include: LATW: Oslo, The Goodbye Girl, I Love Lucy: A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Sitcom, The Tug of War, Hold These Truths, Behind the Sheet and Judgment at Nuremberg (national tour and The Wallis).

Eva Day

Eva Day is a versatile Canadian actress known for her roles in film and television. She appeared in the popular Netflix movie Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between, the acclaimed sci-fi comedy Spontaneous, and the indie comedy Adventures in Public School. Her television work includes guest roles in series such as Murder in a Small Town, Supernatural, iZombie, and Bates Motel.

Jack Knight

Jack Knight (born on February 26, 1938) is an actor and writer, known for L.A. Confidential (1997), The Long Goodbye (1973), and Catch Me If You Can (2002).

Peter Vogt

Peter Vogt started his acting career in the 1970s with appearances in the television drama They've Killed President Lincoln! (1971) and The Goodbye Girl (1977, with Robert Costanzo and Paul Willson). In the 1980s, he appeared in Hot Dog...The Movie (1984, with James Saito), the television movie Stark (1985, with Nicolas Surovy, Denise Crosby, Barry Gordon, Mike Genovese, Michael Champion and John Bloom), The Deliberate Stranger (1986, with Lawrence Pressman, Jeannetta Arnette, William Boyett, Terry Farrell, Cecile Callan, Chip Heller, Lee Brooks and Willie Garson), and in episodes of Remington Steele (1983, starring Pierce Brosnan, with James Read and Phil Rubenstein), Fatal Vision (1984, starring Gary Cole, with Joel Polis, Mitchell Ryan, Wendy Schaal, Alexandra Johnson, Paddi Edwards, Kenneth Tigar, Matthew Faison, Richard Lineback and Brian Thompson), Blue Thunder (1984, with Ray Wise), Newhart (1984, with Tony Papenfuss), Cagney & Lacey (1984, with Tina Lifford, Jonathan Banks and Michael Cavanaugh), Dragnet (1989, with Branscombe Richmond), and Knots Landing (1989, with Melinda Culea, Jack Axelrod, Joseph Campanella, Liam Sullivan and directed by Robert Scheerer). Vogt had recurring roles as Mr. Dorfman in Head of the Class (1987-1993, starring Jeannetta Arnette) and as Brigadier General Jack Elliot in Tour of Duty (1989-1990, with Dan Gauthier and Alan Scarfe). Other television guest roles in the 1990s are in episodes of Paradise (1991, with Patrick Kilpatrick, Ben Scott and Walker Edmiston), L.A. Law (1991, starring Corbin Bernsen, with Jennifer Hetrick, Andrew Robinson and Diana Muldaur), MacGyver (1991, starring Richard Dean Anderson, with Time Winters, Colm Meaney and Christopher Neame), Billy (1992, with Marie Marshall and Clara Bryant), Cheers (1992-1993, with Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth, Keene Curtis and Paul Willson), Murphy Brown (1994, with Charles Esten, James W. Jansen and Richard Penn), Diagnosis: Murder (1996, with Dennis Creaghan and Michelle C. Bonilla), Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1997, starring Teri Hatcher, with Barry Wiggins), Tracey Takes On... (1998, with René Auberjonois and Olivia Hack), DiResta (1998, with Julianne Christie), L.A. Doctors (1999, starring Sheryl Lee, with Jeff Allin, John Gegenhuber and John Carroll Lynch), and Arliss (2000, with Keone Young and Bill Blair). He also appeared in the television thriller Deadly Medicine (1991, with Marnie McPhail, Joel Polis and John D. Gowans), the television drama Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story (1992, with Dakin Matthews, Angelo Tiffe, Amanda Foreman and Dennis Howard), Mr. Jones (1993, with Thomas Kopache and Irene Tsu), the comedy Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1995, with Joe Piscopo, Kate Mulgrew and Don Pugsley), the science fiction film The Silencers (1996, with Dennis Christopher, Clarence Williams III, Stephen Rowe and Vinny Argiro), and later the short film Treat, Not Trick (2016).

Ben Smithard

Cinematographer · Known for VisionQuest

Ben Smithard, B.S.C., is a British cinematographer known for his work on period pieces, such as the films The Damned United (2009), My Week with Marilyn (2011), Goodbye Christopher Robin, The Man Who Invented Christmas (both 2017), Blinded by the Light and Downton Abbey (both 2019). In television, Smithard served as cinematographer on the 2007 BBC One series Cranford (2007). He returned for the subsequent series, Return to Cranford, in 2009, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography. In 2012, Smithard received a nomination for Best Cinematography in a Television Drama by the British Society of Cinematographers for his work on the "Henry IV, Part I" and "Henry IV, Part II" episodes of the BBC Two series The Hollow Crown Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Smithard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Ma Li

Cast · Known for Traces of Justice

Ma Li (Chinese: 马丽; born June 28, 1982) is a Chinese actress known for her roles in Heart for Heaven and Goodbye Mr. Loser.

Asmara Gabrielle

Asmara Gabrielle is an actress, known for Cruella (2021), I Hate Suzie (2020) and The Long Goodbye (2020).

David Arkin

Cast · Known for M*A*S*H

David Arkin (December 24, 1941 – January 14, 1991) was an American actor. He was best known for his roles in Robert Altman films, including Nashville, The Long Goodbye, and M*A*S*H.

Stephen Coit

Stephen Coit was born on 27 October 1920 in Dunbar, West Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for The Long Goodbye (1973), Fear and Desire (1952) and Ben Casey (1961). He died on 21 January 2005 in Garden Grove, California, USA.

Richard Benjamin

Richard Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of productions, including Goodbye, Columbus (1969), based on the novella (1959) by Philip Roth, and Westworld (1973).

Souléymane Sy Savané

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Souléymane Sy Savané is an actor who starred in the 2008 film Goodbye Solo. Description above from the Wikipedia article Souléymane Sy Savané, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Larry Peerce

Director · Known for Batman

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lawrence "Larry" Peerce (born April 19, 1930) is an American film and TV director whose work includes the theatrical feature Goodbye, Columbus, the early rock and roll concert film The Big T.N.T. Show, One Potato, Two Potato (1964), The Other Side of the Mountain (1975), and Oscar nominee Two-Minute Warning (1976). The son of operatic tenor Jan Peerce and talent agent Alice (Kalmanowitz) Peerce, Larry Peerce was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York. He attended the University of North Carolina. He made his directing debut with One Potato, Two Potato, released in 1964 by the distributor Cinema V. The groundbreaking drama about an interracial marriage between a white divorcee (played by Barbara Barrie, who won the Best Actress award at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival for the role) and an African-American office worker (Bernie Hamilton) was the first U.S. movie to portray such an interracial relationship. Peerce went on to direct several episodes of the Western television series Branded and the campy superhero series Batman, among other shows, before directing the early rock and roll concert film The Big T.N.T. Show, released in 1966 by American International Pictures and featuring such performers as The Byrds, Ray Charles, Bo Diddley, Donovan, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Ronettes and The Ike & Tina Turner Revue. Following more TV, Peerce returned to film in 1967 with The Mystery of the Chinese Junk and The Incident, the latter of which starred Martin Sheen and Tony Musante. He followed this with the acclaimed Goodbye, Columbus, an adaptation of the Philip Roth novel. The movie earned Peerce a DGA Award nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures, and screenwriter Arnold Schulman an Academy Award nomination for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. Peerce's subsequent theatrical features included The Sporting Club, A Separate Peace, Ash Wednesday, and The Other Side of the Mountain. Peerce's work is frequently viewed as part of the expressive sentimental directorial style with a particular focus on coming-of-age stories.

Daniel Levins

Daniel Levins was born on 7 October 1953 in Freeport, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Grease (1978), The Goodbye Girl (1977) and Can't Stop the Music (1980). He was married to Judith Blazer and Eugene Gabriel-Thomas Walsh. He died on 15 September 2015 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.

Oh Ha-nee

Oh Ha-nee is a South Korean actress. She is known for her roles in dramas such as Goodbye to Goodbye, Tempted, The Crowned Clown and Three Bold Siblings. She also appeared in movies The Shameless, A Special Lady, Diva and The Age of Shadows.

Rio Dewanto

Cast · Known for Ghost in the Cell

Rio Dewanto (born in Indonesia, August 28, 1987) is an Indonesian actor and singer. His name is widely known through his roles in television films including Pulang Malu Ngga Pulang Rindu, Rocker Pulang Kampung, Cinta Datang saat kamu tidur. He has already played more than 30 FTV titles. Early in his career in feature films when appointed as extras in the film Ratu Cosmopolitan and the Forbidden Door. In 2011 Rio got the main role in a film done by Hanung Bramantyo entitled Question Mark. After that, he got a role as a homosexual in the film Arisan! 2 by Nia Dinata and was entrusted by Rudi Soedjarwo to portray the character of Pak Wisnu in the Garuda film in My Chest 2 as Coach. In 2011 he became the main character in a film directed by Joko Anwar entitled "Modus Anomali" and had the opportunity to act with Atiqah Hasiholan in South Korea in a film called "Hello Goodbye". At the end of 2011 Rio also played in a film production involving Indonesian and Hollywood actors namely Mickey Rourke, Kellan Lutz, Ario Bayu, Tio Pakusadewo, Atiqah Hasiholan and many more.

Ambreen Razia

Ambreen Razia (born 1992) is an English actress and writer. She wrote and appeared in the sitcom Hounslow Diaries (2018). She has also appeared in the television series Murdered by my Father (2016), Trigonometry (2019), This Way Up (2019), Black Mirror (2019), Scrapper (2020), The Long Goodbye (2021), Starstruck (2022), The Curse (2022), and Ted Lasso (2023). In 2023, Razia secured a development deal with Expectation Entertainment to write a comedy drama series, Wasted, about a South Asian immigrant mother and daughter. Razia was born in 1992 in South London to a Pakistani single mother. She took her grandmother's given name, Razia, as her surname. She has an older sister. Razia graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of West London in 2013 and training at the Identity School of Acting (IDSA). Prior to this, she attended Kingston College where she studied a Btec in performing arts. She also attended Ricards Lodge School in South West London.

John Williams

Composer · Known for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Minority Report

John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer and conductor. In a career that has spanned seven decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scoresin cinema history. He has a distinct sound that mixes romanticism, impressionism and atonal music with complex orchestration. He is best known for his collaborations with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas and has received numerous accolades including 26 Grammy Awards, five Academy Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. With 54 Academy Award nominations, he is the second-most nominated person, after Walt Disney, and is the oldest Oscar nominee in any category, at 91 years old. Williams's early work as a film composer includes Valley of the Dolls (1967), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), Images and The Cowboys (both 1972), The Long Goodbye (1973) and The Towering Inferno (1974). He has collaborated with Spielberg since The Sugarland Express (1974), composing music for all but five of his feature films. He received five Academy Awards for Best Score for Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Jaws (1975), Star Wars (1977), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and Schindler's List (1993). Other memorable collaborations with Spielberg include Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), the Indiana Jones franchise (1981–2023), Hook (1991), Jurassic Park (1993), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Catch Me If You Can (2002), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), and The Fabelmans (2022). He also scored Superman (1978), the first two Home Alone films (1990–1992), and the first three Harry Potter films (2001–2004). Williams has also composed numerous classical concertos and other works for orchestral ensembles and solo instruments. He served as the Boston Pops' principal conductor from 1980 to 1993 and is its laureate conductor. Other works by Williams include theme music for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games; NBC Sunday Night Football; "The Mission" theme (used by NBC News and Seven News in Australia); and the television series Lost in Space, Land of the Giants and Amazing Stories. Among other accolades, he has received the Kennedy Center Honor in 2004, the National Medal of the Arts in 2009 and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2016. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1998, the Hollywood Bowl's Hall of Fame in 2000 and the American Classical Music Hall of Fame in 2004. He has composed the score for nine of the top 25 highest-grossing films at the U.S. box office. In 2022, Williams was appointed an Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth II, "for services to film music". In 2005, the American Film Institute placed Williams's score to Star Wars first on its list AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores; his scores for Jaws and E.T. also made the list. The Library of Congress entered the Star Wars soundtrack into the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Description above from the Wikipedia article John Williams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, songwriter, and pianist. He has collaborated with the lyricist Bernie Taupin throughout his career. John has released 32 studio albums, including "Empty Sky" (1969), "Honky Château" (1972), "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (1973), "Rock of the Westies" (1975), "Sleeping with the Past" (1989), "The One" (1992), "Songs from the West Coast" (2001), "The Diving Board" (2013), and "The Lockdown Sessions" (2021). His singles include "Your Song", "Tiny Dancer", "Rocket Man", "Crocodile Rock", "Bennie and the Jets", "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", "I'm Still Standing", "Sacrifice", "Can You Feel the Love Tonight", and "Cold Heart". He has contributed music to "The Lion King" (1994), "Aida" (2000), and "Billy Elliot the Musical" (2005). John's final tour, "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" (2018–2023), set records for ticket sales. His life and career were depicted in the biographical film "Rocketman" (2019). John established the Elton John AIDS Foundation in 1992, which has raised over £300 million. He has hosted annual AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Parties since 1993. He served as chairman and director of Watford Football Club from 1976 to 1987 and from 1997 to 2002, and is an honorary life president of the club. John experienced addiction to drugs and alcohol from the late 1970s to the late 1980s and has been sober since 1990. He entered a civil partnership with Canadian filmmaker David Furnish in 2005 and married in 2014 following the legalization of same-sex marriage in England and Wales. John has had more than fifty top-40 hits on the UK Singles Chart and US Billboard Hot 100, including nine number-one singles in both countries and seven consecutive number-one albums in the US. His single "Candle in the Wind 1997", a rewritten version of the 1974 release, is among the best-selling singles worldwide. In 2021, he became the first solo artist with UK top-10 singles across six decades. His awards include a Primetime Emmy Award, five Grammy Awards, two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, and the Kennedy Center Honor. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, is a fellow of The Ivors Academy, was knighted in 1998, and appointed a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in 2020.