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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
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Woody Allen's New Comedy Hit
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Trivia
The film's famous black-and-white movie poster featuring an image of a couple sitting on a park bench next to the Queensboro Bridge has becoming iconic in film history.
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Goofs
When Isaac asks Tracy how old he will be when she is thirty-six, she says "sixty-three," and he agrees. Earlier Isaac says that she is seventeen and he is forty-two, which means he is 25 years older than her, and would therefore be sixty-one, not sixty-three.
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Quotes
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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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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.
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Connections
Referenced in
The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992)
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Soundtracks
"Oh, Lady Be Good"
(1924)
Music by
George Gershwin (uncredited)
Performed by
New York Philharmonic (as The New York Philharmonic)
Music director:
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'Manhattan' looks beautiful in black and white. It is definitely Woody Allen's best. Two years after 'Annie Hall' we have Woody Allen and Diane Keaton together again. Allen plays Isaac who is dating the 17-year old Tracy (Mariel Hemingway). He has a friend, the married Yale (Michael Murphy), who is having an affair with Mary (Diane Keaton). Isaac falls in love with Mary and stops seeing Tracy to start things with Mary. In a sub-plot we have the ex-wife of Isaac publishing a book about their sex-life. Now she is living with a woman. The ex-wife Jill is played by Meryl Streep. Her appearances are short and not very often but she is more than great in her scenes.
'Manhattan' is even better than the great 'Annie Hall'. The black and white cinematograpy, done with a good reason, gives a little extra to the movie. Like I said Streep is terrific and so are Allen, Keaton and especially Hemingway (she was nominated for an Oscar). The monologues Allen had in 'Annie Hall' are still present, smart, interesting and funny. A great story, very intelligent, of course written (and directed) by Woody Allen himself.