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Take the Money and Run (1969)
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13 March 1971 (Japan)
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crime lives! more
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The life and times of Virgil Starkwell, inept bank robber. full summary | add synopsis
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3 nominations
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Laugh-a-Minute spoof of Crime Documentaries a Must For Woody-ites...
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Woody Allen | ... | Virgil Starkwell |
 | Janet Margolin | ... | Louise |
| Marcel Hillaire | ... | Fritz - Director |
| Jacquelyn Hyde | ... | Miss Blair |
| Lonny Chapman | ... | Jake - Convict |
| Jan Merlin | ... | Al - Bank Robber |
| James Anderson | ... | Chain Gang Warden |
| Howard Storm | ... | Fred |
| Mark Gordon | ... | Vince |
| Micil Murphy | ... | Frank |
| Minnow Moskowitz | ... | Joe Agneta |
| Nate Jacobson | ... | The Judge |
| Grace Bauer | ... | Farm House Lady |
| Ethel Sokolow | ... | Mother Starkwell |
| Dan Frazer | ... | Julius Epstein - The Psychiatrist (as Don Frazier) |
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85 min
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Norway:12 |
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Argentina:Atp |
Canada:PG |
Finland:K-8 |
France:U |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:PG |
USA:M |
West Germany:12 |
Singapore:PG
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The first widely released "mockumentary".
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Continuity: During the bicycle sequence Woody is chained in the middle of the prisoners, but when they enter the old lady's house, he is the first man on the chain.
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Referenced in "The Wonder Years: Wayne on Wheels (#3.3)" (1989)
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Soul Bossa Nova
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TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN is Mel Brooks-like in structure and gags, but definitely Woody Allen at his comical best. Its not his greatest picture by any means, but perhaps the best of his early slapstick flicks (SLEEPER, BANANAS). "Virgil Starkwell" has a hard time stealing right from the start. When a criminal gets a gumball machine "stuck to his hand", you know he's in the wrong gig. Woody Allen is right at home with this innocent, documentary-style drip on the unintentional hilarity of 60's crime documentaries. Woody, or "Virgil", seems to be playing Woody as usual, something we all know runs through his entire body of work. This movie is very much like his innovative ZELIG of 1983, a black and white docu-spoof about a fictional chameleon.
Jackson Beck's narration is PERFECT in making the outrageous material seem "serious". It no doubt inspired the short spoofs "Saturday Night Live" would go on to produce for years, investigative reporting seemingly important, yet ridiculous in content. "Virgil's" parents are in disguise (Groucho Marx nose and glasses) whenever they are "interviewed". The chain gang escape is one of the funniest sequences I have ever seen. Woody also moves into romantic territory with the beautiful Janet Margolin, who had a nice, fat purse for "Virgil" to steal, but also has a quick reaction to his inept robbery attempt and, of course, they fall in love. She is there for "Virgil" to live for during his always brief prison stays and to pick out his clothes for a robbery. There are some familiar elements here, most obviously the beautiful young girl falling for a middle-aged homely Woody.
TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN is all about raw comedic filmmaking and mockery. It is not a situational film at all, just a bunch of perfectly cohesive episodes of this perfectly moronic bank robber, who spells gun G-U-B. Wouldn't that throw us all off if we were the bank tellers taking a note during a stick up ?