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Broadway Danny Rose

  • 19841984
  • PGPG
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
26K
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POPULARITY
15,359
2,605
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Theatrical Trailer from Orion Pictures
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Comedy
In his attempts to reconcile a lounge singer with his mistress, a hapless talent agent is mistaken as her lover by a jealous gangster.In his attempts to reconcile a lounge singer with his mistress, a hapless talent agent is mistaken as her lover by a jealous gangster.In his attempts to reconcile a lounge singer with his mistress, a hapless talent agent is mistaken as her lover by a jealous gangster.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
26K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
15,359
2,605
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    • Director
      • Woody Allen
    • Writer
      • Woody Allen
    • Stars
      • Woody Allen
      • Mia Farrow
      • Nick Apollo Forte
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Woody Allen
    • Writer
      • Woody Allen
    • Stars
      • Woody Allen
      • Mia Farrow
      • Nick Apollo Forte
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 99User reviews
    • 75Critic reviews
    • 82Metascore
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 3 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Broadway Danny Rose
    Trailer 1:07
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    Mia Farrow and Gerald Schoenfeld in Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
    Woody Allen and Mia Farrow in Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
    Woody Allen and Mia Farrow in Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
    Edwin Bordo in Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
    Woody Allen in Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
    Woody Allen and Nick Apollo Forte in Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
    Woody Allen and Mia Farrow in Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
    Woody Allen in Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
    Woody Allen and Mia Farrow in Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
    Mia Farrow and Edwin Bordo in Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
    Woody Allen and Mia Farrow in Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
    Sandy Baron, Jackie Gayle, Morty Gunty, Will Jordan, Corbett Monica, and Jack Rollins in Broadway Danny Rose (1984)

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    Woody Allen
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    • Danny Rose
    Mia Farrow
    Mia Farrow
    • Tina Vitale
    Nick Apollo Forte
    Nick Apollo Forte
    • Lou Canova
    Sandy Baron
    Sandy Baron
    • Sandy Baron
    Corbett Monica
    Corbett Monica
    • Corbett Monica
    Jackie Gayle
    Jackie Gayle
    • Jackie Gayle
    Morty Gunty
    Morty Gunty
    • Morty Gunty
    Will Jordan
    Will Jordan
    • Will Jordan
    Howard Storm
    Howard Storm
    • Howard Storm
    Jack Rollins
    Jack Rollins
    • Jack Rollins
    Milton Berle
    Milton Berle
    • Milton Berle
    Craig Vandenburgh
    • Ray Webb
    Herb Reynolds
    Herb Reynolds
    • Barney Dunn
    Paul Greco
    Paul Greco
    • Vito Rispoli
    Frank Renzulli
    Frank Renzulli
    • Joe Rispoli
    Edwin Bordo
    Edwin Bordo
    • Johnny Rispoli
    Gina DeAngeles
    • Johnny's Mother
    • (as Gina DeAngelis)
    Peter Castellotti
    • Hood at Warehouse
    • Director
      • Woody Allen
    • Writer
      • Woody Allen
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    • Trivia
      The reason Mia Farrow wears sunglasses most of the film is that Woody Allen did not feel she could pass herself as a tough Italian "broad", so he had her wear the sunglasses most of the film to hide her eyes, making her seem more sultry and mysterious.
    • Goofs
      In one scene, Danny can be seen walking past a movie theater, that advertises Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) and Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) on the marquee. However, the film is supposed to take place in the 1970s.
    • Quotes

      Danny Rose: You know what my philosophy of life is? That it's important to have some laughs, no question about it, but you gotta suffer a little too' because, otherwise you miss the whole point to life. And that's how I feel

      Tina Vitale: Know what my philosophy of life is?

      Danny Rose: I can imagine.

      Tina Vitale: It's over quick, so have a good time. You see want you want, you go for it. Don't pay any attention to anyone else. And do it to the other guy first, because, if you don't, he'll do it to you.

      Danny Rose: This is a philosophy of life? This is - it sounds like the screenplay to "Murder Incorporated".

    • Crazy credits
      The guys in the Carnegie Deli continue to banter over part of the end credits.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Broadway Danny Rose/Reckless/The Dresser/Reuben Reuben (1984)
    • Soundtracks
      Agita
      Written and Performed by Nick Apollo Forte twice

      Played often in the score

    User reviews99

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    Top review
    10/10
    Walking along the docks and reminiscing
    Writer/director/star Woody Allen plays agent/manager Danny Rose in this funny, loving, nostalgic look at the lower and fringe rungs of the entertainment industry, combined with a mob subplot and not a little "philosophy of life" contemplation.

    The film begins with a gaggle of older Borscht Belt-caliber comedians sitting around a table at Manhattan's Carnegie Deli, trading stories about Danny Rose. Rose loves acts that are a bit "outside" the mainstream, so there is no shortage of laughs from our storytellers as they remember his one-legged tap dancer, his blind xylophonist, and so on.

    After about 10 minutes or so of general reminiscing interspersed with footage of Rose portraying the stories, one man says he's got the Rose story to top them all, which launches us into the "film proper". It's a tale about Rose and his client Lou Canova (Nick Apollo Forte), a Louis Prima-styled singer who had one hit, "Agita", in the 1950s, but who is a has-been when Rose meets him. Broadway Danny Rose is primarily the story of how Rose gets mixed up in a comically deteriorating situation with Canova's mistress, Tina Vitale (Mia Farrow), while trying to ensure that she attends a career-restoring gig, despite the fact that Canova's wife is also going to be there.

    Allen treats us to some entertaining postmodernist layering in the beginning. It seems like a normal enough film in the first few moments, but quickly turns into almost a mock documentary as our deli comedians talk about Rose. The Rose material is really all flashback, and even when it "takes over" the film during the Canova story, it still has a mock documentary feel at first. Eventually the Canova story proceeds as any film would, but the bookended storytellers emphasize the nostalgic tone of the film.

    Allen is drilling in that fact that we're reminiscing. He wants the audience to reminisce about the tone of the main story, even if they don't have personal memories of the era or that segment of the entertainment industry. For Allen, the film has strong resemblances to some aspects of his personal experience as an up and coming standup comedian, and he even draws parallels such as a Carnegie Deli sandwich being named after Danny Rose in the film--in real life, you can eat a sandwich named after Woody Allen at the Carnegie Deli. Having characters in the film reminisce about what turns out to be a reminiscent mode in a flashback helps audience members outside of the relevant "nostalgia zone" to get into the proper mood.

    Interestingly for this goal, even though Allen goes to the trouble to shoot the film in black & white, he doesn't attempt to remove blatantly anachronistic elements--as if he's trying to remind us that this is still artificial reminiscing. For example, a scene that takes place in a Times Square office features a window through which we can see the large flashing "Fuji" sign. On the other hand, Allen also exploits the fact that Broadway Danny Rose was shot just as the recent family-friendly gentrification of the New York City area was taking hold, as there are important scenes on the old, dilapidated West Side docks and in a Jersey City that still looks comparatively like a barren wasteland.

    One of the reasons that this film is so charming is that even though Danny Rose is a loser, he's a good-hearted loser with an admirable philosophy of life, despite the fact that he's continually abused and/or given the short shrift by those he helps. Allen is still doing his "neurotic Jew" schtick here, but whereas he tends to draw that character as self-centered in other films, in Broadway Danny Rose he's almost completely altruistic. He actually tries to persuade other characters, who happen to be self-centered, to change their outlooks. He's a Tod Browning to a cadre of performing freaks, promoting and embracing them, even if to most eyes it has to involve exploiting them at the same time. But he admirably can't help seeing the best in everyone, encouraging them and honestly believing that they should be in a "higher position" than they are now. He even does this with the non-performing Tina when she makes some decorating suggestions about his apartment--suddenly, he wants to manage an interior decorating career for her, saying that she should be doing "hotels and embassies".

    As is typical for an Allen film, Broadway Danny Rose is filled with amazing, often symbolic cinematography, by frequent collaborator (from 1977's Annie Hall through 1985's The Purple Rose of Cairo) Gordon Willis. It's also full of great performances (including Allen's) and it's infused with Allen's trademark pre-bop jazz, in this case heavily depending on variations of the Prima-like "Agita", somewhat similar to how "In A Persian Market" was used as a theme in the later Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001).

    If you like Allen's typical style, you've surely seen this film. If you're wondering where to start or dip into Allen's works further, Broadway Danny Rose is as good a place to begin as any.
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    • BrandtSponseller
    • May 1, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 27, 1984 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
      • Yiddish
    • Also known as
      • Brodvejski Danny Rose
    • Filming locations
      • Brill Building - 1619 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Orion Pictures
      • Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $8,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $10,600,497
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $953,794
      • Jan 29, 1984
    • Gross worldwide
      • $10,600,497
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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