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Overview

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Director:
Woody Allen
Writer (WGA):
Woody Allen (written by)
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Release Date:
18 September 1992 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
When their best friends announce that they're separating, a professor and his wife discover the faults in their marriage. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Don’t Call it a Comeback -- Dellamorte reviews Vicky Christina Barcelona
 (From Collider.com. 20 January 2009)

Woody Allen
 (From The AV Club. 12 August 2008, 9:01 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
One of my top five favorite Woody flicks more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Woody Allen ... Prof. Gabriel 'Gabe' Roth

Mia Farrow ... Judy Roth

Judy Davis ... Sally

Sydney Pollack ... Jack

Juliette Lewis ... Rain

Liam Neeson ... Michael Gates

Lysette Anthony ... Sam - Jack's Girlfriend

Cristi Conaway ... Shawn Grainger - Call Girl
Timothy Jerome ... Paul - Sally's Date

Ron Rifkin ... Richard - Rain's Analyst
Bruce Jay Friedman ... Peter Styles
Jeffrey Kurland ... Interviewer-Narrator
Benno Schmidt ... Judy's Ex-husband
Nick Metropolis ... TV Scientist
Rebecca Glenn ... Gail
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language and a scene of sexuality.
Runtime:
108 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR (Mono)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Emily Lloyd was originally cast in the role of Rain, and footage was shot. Woody Allen decided it wasn't working, and replaced her with 'Juliette Lewis'. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When Sally (Judy Davis) and Jack (Sydney Pollack) are arguing in their living room, one of the crew members can be seen moving in the reflection off the picture glass on the back wall. more
Quotes:
[On Gail, the woman she thinks her husband has been sleeping with]
Sally: What can I say? She's me, but she's younger.
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Movie Connections:
References Smultronstället (1957) more
Soundtrack:
What Is This Thing Called Love more

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One of my top five favorite Woody flicks, 1 December 2005
10/10
Author: JackGattanella from United States

On a recent documentary I saw on Woody Allen's career, with him being interviewed, he said of this film that it was one of only a small number of times in his career he felt he carried over what he wanted on the page to the screen. Though I've never read the actual shooting script to Husbands and Wives, I can see what he means. I've seen the film several times, if not all the way through then usually when it is on TV, and it always strikes my attention the frankness of it all, how it follows almost no rules. It shares a kinship with another Woody masterpiece, Deconstructing Harry, also about a neurotic writer and the relationship problems around him. Here he focuses not only on himself, but also on another married couple, played by Sydney Pollack and Judy Davis (the later of which one of Woody's best in his quasi stock company), and what he calls the "discombobulated" characters. It is funny here and there, but in reality this is a great film of dramatic sincerity and occasional intensity.

Woody himself is in his final collaboration with his ex-wife Mia Farrow, who themselves in the film play a married couple working through some issues. There is also the sensitive, passionate man between the two couples played by Liam Neeson, who acts as a good mediator between the two intertwining story lines. And Juliette Lewis is surprisingly good as a young would-be author who befriends the author/professor Woody plays in the film. What works to make all of these relationships, with warts and all, is that the dialog is always totally, without a doubt, believable. One can see people like this around the New York city upper-middle class landscape, with the neuroses as intriguing as they are frank and even a little disturbing.

While the film shares a kinship with some of the dark, brooding themes of Interiors, and quintessentially European (in a good way) attitude towards editing and composition to Deconstructing Harry, it also has (also 'Harry's' DP) the eye of Carlo Di Palma. Di Palma, who also worked with Antonioni on Red Desert and Blowup, works with great ease with the aesthetics of the scenes. This time the camera-work is practically all hand-held, lit with nearly (seemingly) no artificial lights, and with a kind of intensity that is sometimes lacking in other Woody films. In wrong, amateur hands this style could falter, but with the material given, the constant interest and conviction in the performances, and Allen directing, it works. Having Di Palma as a cinematographer is as good a bet as having (a mentally-all-together) Marlon Brando as your star, and because of the documentary realism involved it always remains interesting. I could watch this movie, at least most scenes, just as easily as I could with films like Manhattan or 'Harry', because it is one of those special times in the filmmaker's career where everything comes together, however how raw it may be.

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