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Overview

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Writers:
Woody Allen (written by) and
Marshall Brickman (written by)
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Release Date:
25 April 1979 (USA) more
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Woody Allen's New Comedy Hit
Plot:
A divorced New Yorker currently dating a high-schooler brings himself to look for love in the mistress of his best friend instead. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 15 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(24 articles)
Woody Allen to Open Tribeca Film Festival
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The Masterpiece of Woody Allen more (173 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Woody Allen ... Isaac

Diane Keaton ... Mary

Michael Murphy ... Yale

Mariel Hemingway ... Tracy

Meryl Streep ... Jill
Anne Byrne Hoffman ... Emily (as Anne Byrne)

Karen Ludwig ... Connie
Michael O'Donoghue ... Dennis
Victor Truro ... Party Guest
Tisa Farrow ... Party Guest
Helen Hanft ... Party Guest
Bella Abzug ... Guest of Honor

Gary Weis ... Television Director
Kenny Vance ... Television Producer
Charles Levin ... Television Actor #1
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96 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Toward the end of the film, when Isaac is haranguing Yale, he mentions Yale someday being before a Senate subcommittee "naming names". In The Front (1976), Woody Allen's character winds up before a Congressional committee to "name names", including the character played by Michael Murphy. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Mark Linn-Baker appears to be credited as Mary Linn-Baker. more
Quotes:
Isaac Davis: This is so antiseptic. It's empty. Why do you think this is funny? You're going by audience reaction? This is an audience that's raised on television, their standards have been systematically lowered over the years. These guys sit in front of their sets and the gamma rays eat the white cells of their brains out! more
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Is "Manhattan" based on a book?
What did Isaac mean when he told Mary that they could "trade fours"?
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24 out of 36 people found the following review useful.
The Masterpiece of Woody Allen, 22 July 2005
10/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In Manhattan, Isac Davis (Woody Allen) is a divorced writer of TV shows unhappy with his job. His ex-wife left him to live with another woman and is writing a book about her relationship with Isac. He presently dates a seventeen years old high-school student, Tracy (Mariel Hemingway), who is in love with him, but he does not like her. When he meets Mary Wilkie (Diane Keaton), the mistress of his married best friend Yale (Michael Murphy), he has a crush on her. He finishes with Tracy and has an affair with Mary, affecting the lives of many persons including his own.

"Manhattan" is, in my opinion, the best movie of Woody Allen, of whom I am a big fan. I have all Woody Allen movies in my collection, but "Manhattan" is my favorite one, a masterpiece about relationship in a cold huge city. There are many fantastic lines along the story, with right doses of his typical bitter humor and romance. The black and white photography of Gordon Willis is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen in a film. There is a specific scene, used on the cover of the DVD and the poster of this movie, that is amazingly wonderful. Mariel Hemingway certainly has her best performance in the fantastic and very touching character of Tracy. The music score, with Gershwin, completes this magnificent movie. I do not have enough adjectives in English to eulogize this masterpiece. My vote is ten.

Title (Brazil): "Manhattan"

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