Don't Drink the Water (1994) (TV)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Woody Allen

Writers (WGA):

Woody Allen (teleplay)
Woody Allen (play)

Release Date:

18 December 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

They Couldn't Wait To Get In. Now It's Hilarious Trying To Get Out! (DVD)

Plot:

Somewhere behind the early 1960s cold-war iron curtain, the Hollander family cause an international...

Plot Keywords:

1960s | Cold War | Farce | Directed By Co Star | Remake

Cast

Ed Herlihy	...	Narrator
Josef Sommer	...	Ambassador Magee
Robert Stanton	...	Mr. Burns
Edward Herrmann	...	Mr. Kilroy
Rosemary Murphy	...	Miss Pritchard
Michael J. Fox	...	Axel Magee
Woody Allen	...	Walter Hollander
Julie Kavner	...	Marion Hollander
Mayim Bialik	...	Susan Hollander
Ed Van Nuys	...	Embassy Staff
Skip Rose	...	Embassy Staff
Leonid Uscher	...	Policeman
Stas Kmiec	...	Policeman (as Stas' Kmiec')
Vit Horejs	...	Krojack
Sándor Técsy	...	Krojack's Colleague (as Sandor Tecsy)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild language.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:PG | USA:PG

Company:

Jean Doumanian Productions

Trivia:

Woody Allen decided to do his own TV-movie version of his play after a belated viewing of the 1969 movie version, which he had nothing to do with and which he thought inferior.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Don't Drink the Water (1969)

Soundtrack:

Hora ca la Caval (Shepherd's Dance)

A minor gem

Who but Woody Allen would have a character become delusional as BOTH Wright brothers?Fine performances all around ,with Dom DeLuise giving a great turn as priest/would-be magician in hiding.Infinitely superior to the 1969 film with Gleason.A minor gem from All