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Overview

User Rating:
7.3/10   13,441 votes
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Director:
Woody Allen
Writers:
Woody Allen (written by) and
Marshall Brickman (written by)
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Release Date:
17 December 1973 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
A love story about two people who hate each other. 200 years in the future. more
Plot:
A nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations more
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(10 articles)
Review: ‘Whatever Works’ Doesn’t
 (From FilmSchoolRejects. 18 June 2009, 6:13 PM, PDT)

List This: Top Ten Sci-Fi Comedies
 (From Cinematical. 6 June 2009, 6:03 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Woody's Funniest more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Woody Allen ... Miles Monroe

Diane Keaton ... Luna Schlosser
John Beck ... Erno Windt
Mary Gregory ... Dr. Melik

Don Keefer ... Dr. Tryon
John McLiam ... Dr. Aragon
Bartlett Robinson ... Dr. Orva
Chris Forbes ... Rainer Krebs

Mews Small ... Dr. Nero (as Marya Small)
Peter Hobbs ... Dr. Dean
Susan Miller ... Ellen Pogrebin
Lou Picetti ... M.C.
Jessica Rains ... Woman In The Mirror

Brian Avery ... Herald Cohen
Spencer Milligan ... Jeb Hrmthmg
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Additional Details

Runtime:
89 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Yiddish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Boulder, Colorado, USA more

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Trivia:
The final edit, condensing 35 hours of film footage into a 90 minute movie, was completed two days before the film opened. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The rubber tires on the Volkswagen could not have survived 200 years in the open air. Even after ten years they would quickly fall apart. more
Quotes:
[a 22nd century historian shows Miles a videotape of Howard Cosell]
Historian: We weren't sure at first what to make of this, but we developed a theory: we feel that when people committed great crimes against the state, they were forced to watch this.
Miles Monroe: Yes. That's exactly what it was.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "House M.D.: Son of Coma Guy (#3.7)" (2006) more

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Who is Albert Shanker?
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14 out of 17 people found the following comment useful:-
Woody's Funniest, 24 April 2007
10/10
Author: drednm

A futuristic comedy from Woody Allen in 1973 has him waking up from an operation 200 years later (in 2173) to find society has gone berserk.

Clever, witty, and very funny. Allen is hysterically funny as the "sleeper" who gets to give history lessons on the 1970s, pose as a robot, and become a revolutionary to be near Diane Keaton.

Filled with sight gags galore and great one-liners. The giant vegetables and chicken are funny. And so is the "1984" political humor that fits the Bush era better than it did the Nixon era. Also very funny is Allen's extended Blanche du Bois speech.

Allen is excellent as is Keaton. John Beck plays a revolutionary. Mary Gregory is the doctor. George Furth is a party guest. Jackie Mason does the voice of the Jewish tailor.

A must see.

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