Goodbye, New York
Goodbye, New York is a 1985 Israeli-American comedy-drama created and directed by Amos Kollek, who also co-stars with Julie Hagerty. The story follows a ditzy American woman who plans to escape her unfaithful husband and go to Paris, but after taking too many sedatives she misses her plane and ends up in Tel Aviv with no money or luggage. She meets a cabdriver and a part-time soldier and ends up on a kibbutz near the Golan Heights, where she experiences life in Israel, finds love and heartbreak, and eventually decides to return to Paris.
The film was shot in New York and many places in Israel, including Ein Gev, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, the Dead Sea, and Ben Gurion Airport. Teddy Kollek makes a cameo appearance. It runs 90 minutes and is in English. It premiered in the United States on May 17, 1985 and in Australia on December 19, 1985.
Critical reception was mixed: some praised its easygoing charm and witty glimpses of Israeli life, while others found the script uneven and the portrayal of kibbutz life thin or clichéd, with comparisons to Woody Allen.
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