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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Woody Allen |
| Stars: |
Diane Keaton |
| Actors: |
Woody Allen |
| Genre: |
Comedies |
| Subgenre: |
Mishaps · Recommended · Romances · Self-Discovery · Thanksgiving · Essential Cinema · Classic |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Checkpoint; Sensormatic; Widescreen |
| UPC: |
027616655929 |
| Release Date: |
1977 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 33min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Canadian; Sensormatic; Widescreen, 1hr 33min
Release Company: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (August 05, 2008)
UPC: 883904109167 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 34min |
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Professional Reviews
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(02/01/2001, p.58, Geoffrey Macnab): "...ANNIE HALL and MANHATTAN remain cast-iron classics..." |
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Quotes from the Movie
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"Hey, don't knock masturbation. It's sex with someone I love."
--Alvy Singer (Woody Allen)
"A relationship, I think, is like a shark. You know, it has to constantly move forward or it dies. I think what we have on our hands is a dead shark." --Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) to Annie Hall (Diane Keaton)
"That was the most fun I've ever had without laughing."--Alvy to Annie
"La-de-da, la-de-da, la-de-da."--Annie |
| More Information |
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Often considered the crown jewel in a highly acclaimed and prolific film career, ANNIE HALL is Woody Allen's only film to have won the Academy Award for Best Picture. This recognition, however, is not what makes the film significant. ANNIE HALL marks the beginning of the second phase of Allen's career as a filmmaker, abandoning the slapstick of SLEEPER and BANANAS for more thoughtful comedies (and eventually dramas) that explored human relationships and psychology. Allen's capacity as a creative filmmaker had also grown with the film, as he utilized creative subtitles, split screens, and animation, as well as evincing a sophisticated understanding of the potential of editing and camera movement for comic effect--consider the cutaway to Allen's character Alvy Singer, as seen through the eyes of "Grammy Hall" during the dinner sequence, or shortly afterward the slow pan to Alvy in the passenger seat of a car driven by Annie's unhinged brother Duane. <br> <br> The film is a brutally honest assessment of t... |
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