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Manhattan

  • 19791979
  • K-7K-7
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
139K
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Manhattan (1979)
Trailer for Woody Allen's "Manhattan"
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  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance

The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

IMDb RATING
7.9/10
139K
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  • Director
    • Woody Allen
  • Writers
    • Woody Allen
    • Marshall Brickman
  • Stars
    • Woody Allen
    • Diane Keaton
    • Mariel Hemingway
Top credits
  • Director
    • Woody Allen
  • Writers
    • Woody Allen
    • Marshall Brickman
  • Stars
    • Woody Allen
    • Diane Keaton
    • Mariel Hemingway
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 278User reviews
    • 123Critic reviews
    • 83Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 15 wins & 24 nominations total

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    Manhattan
    Trailer 3:15
    Manhattan

    Photos108

    Woody Allen in Manhattan (1979)
    Woody Allen and Diane Keaton in Manhattan (1979)
    Woody Allen and Meryl Streep in Manhattan (1979)
    Woody Allen and Diane Keaton in Manhattan (1979)
    Woody Allen and Diane Keaton in Manhattan (1979)
    Woody Allen and Diane Keaton in Manhattan (1979)
    Woody Allen and Mariel Hemingway in Manhattan (1979)
    Manhattan (1979)
    Woody Allen and Michael Murphy in Manhattan (1979)
    Woody Allen and Diane Keaton in Manhattan (1979)
    Woody Allen and Mariel Hemingway in Manhattan (1979)
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    Woody Allen
    Woody Allen
    • Isaacas Isaac
    Diane Keaton
    Diane Keaton
    • Maryas Mary
    Mariel Hemingway
    Mariel Hemingway
    • Tracyas Tracy
    Michael Murphy
    Michael Murphy
    • Yaleas Yale
    Meryl Streep
    Meryl Streep
    • Jillas Jill
    Anne Byrne Hoffman
    Anne Byrne Hoffman
    • Emilyas Emily
    • (as Anne Byrne)
    Karen Ludwig
    Karen Ludwig
    • Connieas Connie
    Michael O'Donoghue
    Michael O'Donoghue
    • Dennisas Dennis
    Victor Truro
    • Party Guestas Party Guest
    Tisa Farrow
    Tisa Farrow
    • Party Guestas Party Guest
    Helen Hanft
    Helen Hanft
    • Party Guestas Party Guest
    Bella Abzug
    Bella Abzug
    • Guest of Honoras Guest of Honor
    Gary Weis
    • Television Directoras Television Director
    Kenny Vance
    • Television Produceras Television Producer
    Charles Levin
    Charles Levin
    • Television Actor #1as Television Actor #1
    Karen Allen
    Karen Allen
    • Television Actor #2as Television Actor #2
    David Rasche
    David Rasche
    • Television Actor #3as Television Actor #3
    Damion Scheller
    • Isaac's Sonas Isaac's Son
    • Director
      • Woody Allen
    • Writers
      • Woody Allen
      • Marshall Brickman
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Forty-two year old Isaac Davis has a romanticized view of his hometown, New York City, most specifically Manhattan, as channeled through the lead character in the first book he is writing, despite his own Manhattan-based life being more of a tragicomedy. He has just quit his job as a hack writer for a bad television comedy, he, beyond the ten second rush of endorphins during the actual act of quitting, now regretting the decision, especially as he isn't sure he can live off his book writing career. He is paying two alimonies, his second ex-wife, Jill Davis, a lesbian, who is writing her own tell-all book of their acrimonious split. The one somewhat positive aspect of his life is that he is dating a young woman named Tracy, although she is only seventeen and still in high school. Largely because of their differences a big part of which is due to their ages, he does not see a long term future with her. His life has the potential to be even more tragicomical when he meets journalist Mary Wilkie, the mistress of his best friend, college professor Yale Pollack. Although Isaac's first impression of Mary is that she is a pretentious intellectual, he falls for her. They do become friends with the potential of becoming more than just friends as she knows that being the "other woman" in Yale's life is not a long term role that she wants. An Isaac/Mary coupling may complicate matters even more with Yale being mutually in their lives. Regardless, Isaac may be able to rationalize events after they happen, no matter what those events are. —Huggo
    • man wears eyeglasses
    • 17 year old
    • teenage girl
    • love triangle
    • central park manhattan new york city
    • 114 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • Woody Allen's New Comedy Hit
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Drama
      • Romance
    • Certificate
      • K-7
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Meryl Streep shot her scenes during breaks in filming Kramer vastaan Kramer (1979).
    • Goofs
      In the first scene at Elaine's, as Isaac is beginning to say something, two people (presumably customers of the restaurant, as it was running while they were shooting) walk in front of the camera. Isaac laughs, and quickly recovers with an impromptu remark about how his girlfriend has to go and do homework.
    • Quotes

      Isaac Davis: All the times I come over here, I can't understand how you can prefer her to me.

      Jill: You can't understand that?

      Isaac Davis: No. It's a mystery to me.

      Jill: Well, you knew my history when you married me.

      Isaac Davis: I know. My analyst warned me, but you were so beautiful that I got another analyst.

    • Crazy credits
      One of the very few Woody Allen films to not have traditional opening credits, save the production company bumper (United Artists), and the film title MANHATTAN is seen as a long vertical flashing bright neon sign, located on the side of a New York City building, and is seen for under seven seconds just before Woody Allen narrates his first line.
    • Connections
      Edited into Intimate Portrait: Diane Keaton (2001)
    • Soundtracks
      Rhapsody in Blue
      (1924)

      Music by George Gershwin

      Performed by New York Philharmonic (as The New York Philharmonic)

      Conducted by Zubin Mehta

      Piano soloist: Paul Jacobs

      Music director: Zubin Mehta

    User reviews278

    Review
    Top review
    A maddening tribute to an egomaniac
    I used to hold this film as somewhat of a sacred cow when I first saw it in 1979. I was a proscribed Woody fan and

    although I still like a few of his movies, this is no longer one of them, on recent review.

    I recently purchased copies of Manhattan and Annie Hall.

    I watched the latter first and it charmed my socks off again. One classic scene after another signals the height of Allen's art in this hilarious masterwork. Manhattan is a different story.

    Perhaps my recent viewing of Wild Man Blues has hipped

    me to what an whining, pampered egomaniac Mr. Allen is.

    Perhaps it's the irony of his Chaplin-like dalliances with young women that have set me against him. But I now watch Manhattan

    and see a pathetic, overblown Allen literally feeding lines to his

    fellow actors to give him some smarmy comeback that never fails to show how intellectually superior he is. Different from Annie Hall, Allen is no longer the underdog but an ugly, obnoxious

    over-lord...

    His characters in Manhattan, are cardboard. They are not real and

    the situations are not real. I have no feeling for anyone in this

    movie, except Woody, who I feel contempt for, given his massive

    and unfunny self-indulgence. It's pathetic to see Allen set up

    Hemingway with lines that a teenager would never say in a million

    years, just to trump up his flaccid ego. Everyone in this movie actually feeds him lines to trump up his ego.

    Like Stardust Memories, this one shows Woody at his self- indulgent worst. This movie looks wonderful and sounds wonderful with the Gershwin score, but on further review, this

    one's hollow and ultimately a maddening tribute to an egomaniac.
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    • jz1360
    • Feb 1, 2004

    FAQ6

    • Is "Manhattan" based on a book?
    • Why was "Manhattan" shot in black & white?
    • What did Isaac mean when he told Mary that they could "trade fours"?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 2, 1979 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Мангеттен
    • Filming locations
      • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - 1071 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $9,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $39,946,780
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $485,734
      • Apr 29, 1979
    • Gross worldwide
      • $40,194,067
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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