Manhattan (movie)
| Manhattan | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Woody Allen |
| Written by | Woody Allen Marshall Brickman |
| Produced by | Charles H. Joffe |
| Starring | Woody Allen Diane Keaton Michael Murphy Mariel Hemingway Meryl Streep Anne Byrne |
| Cinematography | Gordon Willis |
| Edited by | Susan E. Morse |
| Music by | George Gershwin played by the New York Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta and the Buffalo Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $39,946,780[1] |
Manhattan is a 1979 American romantic comedy-drama movie by director Woody Allen. The movie is set in New York City. The movie is about Issac Davis (played by Allen), a divorced 42-year old dating a 17-year-old girl. His ex-wife is openly lesbian.
The movie was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress (Mariel Hemingway) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. It also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. The movie was #46 on American Film Institute's "100 Years...100 Laughs". In 2001, the United States Library of Congress said the movie was "culturally significant" and selected it to keep in the National Film Registry.
The movie had mostly positive reviews.
Cast
[change | change source]- Woody Allen as Isaac Davis
- Diane Keaton as Mary Wilkie
- Michael Murphy as Yale Pollack
- Mariel Hemingway as Tracy
- Meryl Streep as Jill
- Anne Byrne as Emily
- Michael O'Donoghue as Dennis
- Wallace Shawn as Jeremiah
- Karen Ludwig as Connie
- Charles Levin, Karen Allen, and David Rasche as Television actors
- Mark Linn-Baker and Frances Conroy as Shakespearean actors
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Box Office Information for Manhattan". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
Other websites
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- 1979 movies
- English-language movies
- 1979 comedy-drama movies
- 1979 romantic comedy movies
- 1979 romantic drama movies
- 1979 LGBT movies
- American comedy-drama movies
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- American romantic comedy movies
- American romantic drama movies
- BAFTA Award winners
- 1970s English-language movies
- Movies directed by Woody Allen
- Movies set in Manhattan
- Screenplays by Woody Allen
- United States National Film Registry movies
- Movies about writers