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The Long Goodbye

1973 · directed by Robert Altman · 112 min · R
23,594 feet · Prominence
1,084th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw36

Lifetime worldwide gross $1m, re-releases included; about $7m in 2026 money.

Rank7,458 of 11,051In 197343 of 48

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise90

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics90 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy50

Judged directly: Altman's revisionist Marlowe, strong critical canon.

Verdict50 of 100IMDb7.5 from 43kWikipedia22k views a monthAge53 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,070 of 4,039 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 36 praise 90 legacy 50averages 59, placing it at23,594 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

In these careers — elevation for this film

Elliott Gould19,388 ftDavid Arkin17,817 ftArnold Schwarzenegger17,651 ftDavid Carradine17,643 ft