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Iconic writer, director, actor, comedian, and musician Woody Allen allowed his life and creative process to be documented on-camera for the first time. With this unprecedented access, Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Robert Weide followed the notoriously private film legend over a year and a half to create the ultimate film biography. Woody Allen: A Documentary chronicles Allen's career - from teen writer to Sid Caeser's TV scribe, from standup comedian to award-winning writer-director averaging one film-per-year for more than 40 years. Exploring Allen's writing habits, casting, directing, and relationship with his actors first-hand, new interviews with A-listers, writing partners, family and friends provide insight and backstory to the usually inscrutable filmmaker. Written by Anonymous

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10 February 2013 | by (Upmarket Residences of Rajagiriya) – See all my reviews

For a documentary that lasted two episodes, I didn't feel like I learned as much as I could about Woody Allen. A superb documentary about a comic genius. I can't wait to go back and catch some of his work from the last seven years. That said, for as much as he is a great filmmaker, it reminded me that a person can still have a car wreck of a personal life while being busted for molesting others for example Soon Yi in the 1980's, his 7-year old daughter Dylan too but the charges were dropped. 3. Woody Allen had naked photos of a 21-year old Soon Yi. Not a pedophile. 4. Woody Allen and Soon Yi got married when she was 27. Not a pedophile. Maybe a weird dude, but nothing illegal. How he is still a free man is beyond me. This mans name is synonomous with pedophilia but he can adopt n live a free life! I wouldn't leave my Chinese poodle around this perv. He goes to these Asian Countries, because they'll let his old nasty white ass get away with it.

His unusual lifestyle choices aside, I think he is a genius.


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