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Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) 8.0
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8.0/10 from 29,806 users
Metascore: 77/100
Reviews: 133 user | 65 critic | 10 from Metacritic.com An opthamologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife, while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated by another woman. Director:Woody AllenWriter:Woody Allen |
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Cast
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Bill Bernstein | ... |
Testimonial Speaker
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| Claire Bloom | ... |
Miriam Rosenthal
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Stephanie Roth Haberle | ... |
Sharon Rosenthal
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Gregg Edelman | ... |
Chris
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George J. Manos | ... |
Photographer
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Jenny Nichols | ... |
Jenny
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Wendy Stern
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Lester
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Ben
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Zina Jasper | ... |
Carol
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Dolores Sutton | ... |
Judah's Secretary
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Joel Fogel | ... |
T.V. Producer
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Ophthalmologist Judah Rosenthal has had an affair with Dolores for several years, and now she threatens to ruin his life if he doesn't marry her. When his brother Jack suggests to have Dolores murdered, Judah is faced with a big moral dilemma: destruction of his life or murder. Meanwhile, documentary filmmaker Clifford Stern is trying to make a film of a philosophy professor, but instead he's commissioned to make a portrait of successful TV producer and brother-in-law Lester, who to Clifford represents everything that he despises. Written by Leon Wolters <wolters@strw.LeidenUniv.nl>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
13 October 1989 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Crímenes y pecados See more »Box Office
Budget:
$19,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$18,254,702 (USA)Company Credits
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Testimonial Speaker: We're all very proud of Judah Rosenthal's philanthropic efforts. His endless hours of fund raising for the hospital, the new medical center, and now, the ophthalmology wing, which until this year had just been a dream. But it's due to Rosenthal our friend that we most appreciate. The husband, the father, the golf companion. Naturally if you have a medical problem you can call Judah...
Miriam Rosenthal: You're blushing darling.
Testimonial Speaker: ...day or night, weekends or holidays. But you can also call Judah to ...
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(1942)
From the Soundtrack of 'Happy Go Lucky'
Music by Jimmy McHugh
Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Vocal by Betty Hutton
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Woody Allen felt that he had been too "nice" to the characters in the end of Hannah and Her Sisters, so he wrote this film as a response to those feelings. See more »Goofs
When Judah decides to have Delores killed, he only dials seven digits on the phone calling his brother, Jack. Judah lives in Connecticut and Jack lives in New York, so he would have to dial at least 10 digits to call him. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Testimonial Speaker: We're all very proud of Judah Rosenthal's philanthropic efforts. His endless hours of fund raising for the hospital, the new medical center, and now, the ophthalmology wing, which until this year had just been a dream. But it's due to Rosenthal our friend that we most appreciate. The husband, the father, the golf companion. Naturally if you have a medical problem you can call Judah...
Miriam Rosenthal: You're blushing darling.
Testimonial Speaker: ...day or night, weekends or holidays. But you can also call Judah to ...
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Soundtracks
"Murder He Says"(1942)
From the Soundtrack of 'Happy Go Lucky'
Music by Jimmy McHugh
Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Vocal by Betty Hutton
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"Crimes and Misdemeanors" (1989)- is Woody Allen's masterpiece and my favorite film. It is urban and sophisticated, subtle and cruel. It is darker than dark and self-ironic. It is profound and touchingly poignant. It is deadly serious and in the same time it is incredibly funny. Its humor is razor sharp and sparkling and the best and funniest Woody's one-liners and comic performances belong here. As always in his best films, Allen had created a clever and elegant film out of his own weaknesses and insecurities and it shines. How much was Allen able to meditate on life, death, God, religion, morality, crimes and the responsibility, love and lust, happiness and the price one pays for it, and among those eternal subjects - how much fun it is to skip work or school and to sneak to the movies.
It is universal. It has the references to many Artists and cultures - Chekhov, Dostoyevsky, and Bergman among the others but it is so undeniably and uniquely Allen. It could not have been made by any other director.
It is the movie Allen will be remembered for.