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Harry pala palalta

Original title: Deconstructing Harry
  • 19971997
  • K-12K-12
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
45K
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Woody Allen, Demi Moore, Elisabeth Shue, Robin Williams, Kirstie Alley, Billy Crystal, Mariel Hemingway, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Richard Benjamin, Judy Davis, Amy Irving, Tobey Maguire, and Stanley Tucci in Harry pala palalta (1997)
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Suffering from writer's block and eagerly awaiting his writing award, Harry Block remembers events from his past and scenes from his best-selling books as characters, real and fictional, com... Read allSuffering from writer's block and eagerly awaiting his writing award, Harry Block remembers events from his past and scenes from his best-selling books as characters, real and fictional, come back to haunt him.Suffering from writer's block and eagerly awaiting his writing award, Harry Block remembers events from his past and scenes from his best-selling books as characters, real and fictional, come back to haunt him.

IMDb RATING
7.3/10
45K
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  • Director
    • Woody Allen
  • Writer
    • Woody Allen
  • Stars
    • Woody Allen
    • Judy Davis
    • Julia Louis-Dreyfus
  • Director
    • Woody Allen
  • Writer
    • Woody Allen
  • Stars
    • Woody Allen
    • Judy Davis
    • Julia Louis-Dreyfus
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 142User reviews
    • 74Critic reviews
    • 61Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 4 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Woody Allen
    Woody Allen
    • Harry Block
    Judy Davis
    Judy Davis
    • Lucy
    Julia Louis-Dreyfus
    Julia Louis-Dreyfus
    • Leslie
    Stephanie Roth Haberle
    Stephanie Roth Haberle
    • Janet
    • (as Stephanie Roth)
    Dan Frazer
    Dan Frazer
    • Janet's Dad
    Joel Leffert
    • Norman
    Lynn Cohen
    Lynn Cohen
    • Janet's Mom
    Richard Benjamin
    Richard Benjamin
    • Ken
    Joe Buck
    Joe Buck
    • Yankee Announcer
    • (voice)
    Jane Hoffman
    • Grandma
    Tobey Maguire
    Tobey Maguire
    • Harvey Stern
    Annette Arnold
    Annette Arnold
    • Rosalee
    Frederick Rolf
    • Harvey's Doctor
    Elisabeth Kieselstein-Cord
    Elisabeth Kieselstein-Cord
    • Rosalee's Sister
    Lortensia Hayes
    • Jennifer
    Alicia Meer
    • Woman in Shoestore
    Victoria Hale
    Victoria Hale
    • Woman in Shoestore
    Irving Metzman
    • Shoe Salesman
    • Director
      • Woody Allen
    • Writer
      • Woody Allen
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Albert Brooks was the last actor to be offered the role of Harry. In an interview with Playboy magazine, he stated that he received a nice letter from Woody Allen offering him the role. Brooks responded, "It was insane that Allen didn't do it himself." Apparently, Woody took his advice.
    • Goofs
      In Harry's line "I once almost ran over a book critic..." the word "book" doesn't match his lips; "book" is dubbed over what looks to be "film."
    • Quotes

      Harry Block: Tradition is the illusion of permanence.

      Doris: You have no values. Your whole life: it's nihilism, it's cynicism, it's sarcasm and orgasm.

      Harry Block: You know, in France, I could run on that slogan and win.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Wag the Dog/Home Alone 3/For Richer or Poorer/Deconstructing Harry/Scream 2 (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Twisted
      (1952)

      Music by Wardell Gray

      Lyrics by Annie Ross

      Performed by Annie Ross

      Courtesy of Fantasy, Inc.

    User reviews142

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    9/10
    Deconstructing Woody Allen
    Very funny, very coarse, very Woody Allen. This movie not only has autobiographical elements, Harry Block to a large extent is Woody Allen himself. I think never a director exposed the weaknesses of his own "ego" as mercilessly as Woody did in this film, descending into the deepest layers of the "id", into the very depths of hell (literally, with all the molten lava and sulfur smoke that go with it)! But Woody Allen covers this merciless exercise of psychoanalysis with a thick cover of humor. It is also a very funny movie!
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    • radlov
    • Sep 30, 1999

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 10, 1998 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Fine Line Features
    • Languages
      • English
      • Hebrew
    • Also known as
      • Deconstructing Harry
    • Filming locations
      • Drew University - 36 Madison Avenue, Madison, New Jersey, USA
    • Production companies
      • Sweetland Films
      • Jean Doumanian Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $20,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $10,686,841
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $356,476
      • Dec 14, 1997
    • Gross worldwide
      • $10,686,841
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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