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Manhattan (1979) 8.0
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Metascore: 82/100
Reviews: 208 user | 105 critic | 9 from Metacritic.com A divorced New Yorker currently dating a high-schooler brings himself to look for love in the mistress of his best friend instead. Director:Woody Allen |
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Cast
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| Diane Keaton | ... | ||
| Michael Murphy | ... |
Yale
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| Meryl Streep | ... |
Jill
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| Anne Byrne Hoffman | ... |
Emily
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| Karen Ludwig | ... |
Connie
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Michael O'Donoghue | ... |
Dennis
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Victor Truro | ... |
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Helen Hanft | ... |
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Bella Abzug | ... |
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Gary Weis | ... |
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Kenny Vance | ... |
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Charles Levin | ... |
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Isaac, 42, has divorced Jill. She is now living with another woman, Connie, and is writing a book in which she will reveal some very private points of their relationship. Isaac has a love affair with Tracy, 17, when he meets Mary, the mistress of his best friend Yale. Yale is already married to Emily. Written by Yepok
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
25 April 1979 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Menhetn See more »Box Office
Gross:
$45,700,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Runtime:
Sound Mix:
MonoColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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[music: the opening of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Voiceover]
Isaac Davis: Chapter One. He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion. Eh uh, no, make that he, he romanticized it all out of proportion. Better. To him, no matter what the season was, this was still a town that existed in black and white and pulsated to the great tunes of George Gershwin. Uh, no, let me start this over.
Isaac Davis: Chapter One: He was too romantic about Manhattan, as he was about everything else. He thrived on...
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(1927)
Music by George Gershwin (uncredited)
Performed by New York Philharmonic (as The New York Philharmonic)
Music director: Zubin Mehta
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Did You Know?
Trivia
While talking to Mary in the museum, Issac (Woody Allen) says that the brain is the most overrated body part. While in Allen's film Sleeper, his character Miles Monroe says that it's his second favorite body part. See more »Goofs
In the first scene at Elaine's, as Isaac is beginning to say something, someone (presumably a customer of the restaurant, as it was running while they were shooting) walks in front of the camera. Isaac laughs, and quickly recovers with an impromptu remark about how his girlfriend has to go and do homework. See more »Quotes
[first lines][music: the opening of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Voiceover]
Isaac Davis: Chapter One. He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion. Eh uh, no, make that he, he romanticized it all out of proportion. Better. To him, no matter what the season was, this was still a town that existed in black and white and pulsated to the great tunes of George Gershwin. Uh, no, let me start this over.
Isaac Davis: Chapter One: He was too romantic about Manhattan, as he was about everything else. He thrived on...
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Crazy Credits
There are no opening credits, save the production company bumper and the film's title, which appears as part of a flashing neon sign in New York City. See more »Connections
Featured in Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Classics from the Vault: Mel Brooks or Woody Allen? (2011) See more »Soundtracks
"Strike Up the Band"(1927)
Music by George Gershwin (uncredited)
Performed by New York Philharmonic (as The New York Philharmonic)
Music director: Zubin Mehta
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Woody Allen's homage to the city he loves, and it's no surprise if the way he shows it to us is the way he sees it, it truly is amazing.
The film is shot in black and white, and has George Gershwin's music flowing through most of it.
It's very funny, Allen is an older guy going through a crisis, he is dating the gorgeous 17 year old Mariel Hemmingway when he meets Diane Keaton's Anti-Annie Hall, a brash, pretentious snob who he becomes obsessed by, a series of very funny events with even funnier dialogue ensues. There are some incredibly perceptive moments, and there is an almost tragic feel to certain parts of the film, it is undoubtedly one of Allen's finest works and if you're a fan, chances are you'll have already seen it. If you let it, the film will play with your emotions much like the characters in it play with each other, and I don't want to give anything away, but it is one of Woody's most uplifting pictures, you'll come away with a renewed feeling of hope and an itching desire to walk into the picture and into this New York.