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Stardust Memories

  • 19801980
  • PGPG
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
23K
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Woody Allen and Charlotte Rampling in Stardust Memories (1980)
The film follows famous filmmaker Sandy Bates, who is plagued by fans who prefer his "earlier, funnier movies" to his more recent artistic efforts, while he tries to reconcile his conflicting attraction to two very different women: the earnest intellectual Daisy and the more maternal Isobel. Meanwhile, he is also haunted by memories of his ex-girlfriend, the unstable Dorrie.
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While attending a retrospective of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.While attending a retrospective of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.While attending a retrospective of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
23K
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  • Director
    • Woody Allen
  • Writer
    • Woody Allen
  • Stars
    • Woody Allen
    • Charlotte Rampling
    • Jessica Harper
Top credits
  • Director
    • Woody Allen
  • Writer
    • Woody Allen
  • Stars
    • Woody Allen
    • Charlotte Rampling
    • Jessica Harper
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 123User reviews
    • 62Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:47
    Official Trailer
    Sneak Previews Season 3 Episode 2
    Video 28:36
    Sneak Previews Season 3 Episode 2

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    Bill Cosby in Stardust Memories (1980)
    Woody Allen and Charlotte Rampling in Stardust Memories (1980)
    Woody Allen and Charlotte Rampling in Stardust Memories (1980)
    Sharon Stone in Stardust Memories (1980)
    Sharon Stone in Stardust Memories (1980)
    Sharon Stone in Stardust Memories (1980)
    Sharon Stone in Stardust Memories (1980)
    Sharon Stone in Stardust Memories (1980)
    Sharon Stone in Stardust Memories (1980)
    Stardust Memories (1980)
    Woody Allen and Charlotte Rampling in Stardust Memories (1980)
    Woody Allen and Charlotte Rampling in Stardust Memories (1980)

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    Woody Allen
    Woody Allen
    • Sandy Batesas Sandy Bates
    Charlotte Rampling
    Charlotte Rampling
    • Dorrieas Dorrie
    Jessica Harper
    Jessica Harper
    • Daisyas Daisy
    Marie-Christine Barrault
    Marie-Christine Barrault
    • Isobelas Isobel
    Tony Roberts
    Tony Roberts
    • Tonyas Tony
    Daniel Stern
    Daniel Stern
    • Actoras Actor
    Amy Wright
    Amy Wright
    • Shelleyas Shelley
    Helen Hanft
    Helen Hanft
    • Vivian Orkinas Vivian Orkin
    John Rothman
    John Rothman
    • Jack Abelas Jack Abel
    Anne De Salvo
    Anne De Salvo
    • Sandy's Sisteras Sandy's Sister
    Joan Neuman
    • Sandy's Motheras Sandy's Mother
    Ken Chapin
    • Sandy's Fatheras Sandy's Father
    Leonardo Cimino
    Leonardo Cimino
    • Sandy's Analystas Sandy's Analyst
    Eli Mintz
    Eli Mintz
    • Old Manas Old Man
    Bob Maroff
    • Jerry Abrahamas Jerry Abraham
    Gabrielle Strasun
    • Charlotte Amesas Charlotte Ames
    David Lipman
    David Lipman
    • George - Sandy's Chauffeuras George - Sandy's Chauffeur
    Robert Munk
    • Boy Sandyas Boy Sandy
    • Director
      • Woody Allen
    • Writer
      • Woody Allen
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Working title for this film was "Woody Allen No. 4". Allen told an interviewer that "I am not even half of the Fellini of 8½ (1963)".
    • Quotes

      Sandy Bates: You can't control life. It doesn't wind up perfectly. Only-only art you can control. Art and masturbation. Two areas in which I am an absolute expert.

    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: In God We Trust, Coast to Coast, Somewhere in Time, Stardust Memories, Oh God! Book II (1980)
    • Soundtracks
      Hebrew School Rag
      Music by Dick Hyman (uncredited)

      Piano Music Arranged and Performed by Dick Hyman

    User reviews123

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    Top review
    10/10
    A little self induldgent, but brilliantly so
    While this film doesn't get the praise and respect of, say, "Annie Hall" or "Manhattan," I think it is a brilliant look into the mind of a film director. How much of Woody Allen is Sandy Bates? Some, I'm sure, but I think it's more interesting to compare Sandy to Woody Allen's "persona"--that is, who the public thinks he is.

    The structure of the film is also quite interesting to me. Allen had done a very non-linear story structure, mixed with occasional flights of fantasy, in "Annie Hall," but "Stardust Memories" does that and piles on a movie within a movie within a movie, and manages to both comment on all that, at the same time as he's telling the story of the brilliant, but self-absorbed Sandy Bates.

    A great movie, that you probably should see more than once to appreciate.
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    • Sep 14, 2003

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 26, 1980 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Persian
    • Also known as
      • Recuerdos
    • Filming locations
      • The Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove, New Jersey, USA
    • Production companies
      • Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions
      • Rollins-Joffe Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $10,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $10,389,003
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $326,779
      • Sep 28, 1980
    • Gross worldwide
      • $10,389,003
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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