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Manhattan (1979)

Manhattan

Manhattan

United States

Comedy

96

Woody Allen

Charles Levin, Damion Scheller, David Rasche, Diane Keaton, Frances Conroy, Gary Weis, Helen Hanft, John Doumanian, Karen Allen, Karen Ludwig, Kenny Vance, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep, Michael Murphy, Michael ODonoghue, Tisa Farrow, Victor Truro, Wallace Shawn, Woody Allen

'A masterpiece! [The] perfect blending of style and substance, humor and humanity.' -Time Magazine Nominated for two Academy Awards in 1979, and considered 'one of Allen's most enduring accomplishments' (Boxoffice), Manhattan is a wry, touching and finely rendered portrait of modern relationships against the backdrop of urban alienation. Sumptuously photographed in black and white (Allen's first film in that format), and accompanies by a magnificent Gershwin score, Woody Allen's aesthetic triumph is a 'prismatic portrait of a time and a place that may be studied decades hence' (Time Magazine). 42-year-old Manhattan native Isaac Davis (Allen) has a job he hates, a seventeen-year-old girlfriend, Tracy (Mariel Hemingway), he doesn't love, and a lesbian ex-wife, Jill (Meryl Streep), who's writing a tell-all book about their marriage...and whom he'd like to strangle.

Rating

7.5 / 2 votes

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