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Dir: Woody Allen. Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, Michael Murphy, Meryl Streep

 

Description: Re-issue of Woody Allen's 1979 love letter to his beloved New York City, as seen through the eyes of on screen alter ego Isaac, a neurotic TV writer who fears his relationship with precocious 17-year-old high school student Tracy is doomed to failure. Sparks fly when Isaac meets Mary, the mistress of his best friend Yale. Friendship blossoms into something deeper in glorious black and white, to a soundtrack of George Gershwin.

Country: US. 1979. 96mins
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Obsessive Woody at his peak

By Derek Malcolm, Evening Standard  07.12.06
 
Manhattan

Woody Allen was at his peak when he made Manhattan in 1979

Woody Allen was on top form both as an actor and director in this 1979 comedy set in his beloved New York.

In many ways it's a better movie than Annie Hall, which took four Oscars; it has fewer notable one-liners but more rounded characters.

Gershwin's music and wonderful black-and-white cinematography from Gordon Willis embellish the tale of a TV writer who becomes obsessed with Diane Keaton's unconfident Manhattan-ite, and tries to prevent his lesbian ex-wife (Meryl Streep) spilling the beans on their marriage.

If he could do anything half as good as this now, we'd all be surprised - and grateful.

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