Café Society (2016)

In the 1930s, a Bronx native moves to Hollywood and falls in love with a young woman who is seeing a married man.

Director:

Woody Allen

Writer:

Woody Allen

Stars:

Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell

7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Carell	...	Phil Stern
Sheryl Lee	...	Karen Stern
Todd Weeks	...	Oscar
Paul Schackman	...	Al
Jodi Carlisle	...	Maid
Jeannie Berlin	...	Rose
Ken Stott	...	Marty
Richard Portnow	...	Walt
Jesse Eisenberg	...	Bobby
Sari Lennick	...	Evelyn
Stephen Kunken	...	Leonard
Laurel Griggs	...	Evelyn's Daughter
Corey Stoll	...	Ben
Saul Stein	...	Ben's Hood
Gabriel Millman	...	Ben's Hood

Storyline

In 1930's Hollywood, the powerful agent, Phil Stern, is attending a party and receives a phone call from his sister living in New York. She asks for a job for her son and Phil's nephew, Bobby, who decided to move to Hollywood. Three weeks later Phil schedules a meeting with Bobby and decides to help him. He asks his secretary Veronica "Vonnie" to hang around with Bobby, showing him the touristic places. Bobby immediately falls in love with Vonnie, but she tells that she has a boyfriend, a journalist that travels most of the time. However, Vonnie's boyfriend is indeed a married man that is also in love with her and soon she has to make a choice between her two loves.

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Plot Keywords:

hollywood on hollywood | 1930s | uncle | high class | older man younger woman marriage | 

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Taglines:

Anyone who is anyone will be seen at Café Society.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some violence, a drug reference, suggestive material and smoking

Did You Know?

Trivia

The 1930s stars shown, mentioned, or referred to include: Barbara Stanwyck, Marion Davies, Ginger Rogers, Bette Davis, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Jean Harlow, Joan Blondell, Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, Fred Astaire, Robert Taylor, Robert Montgomery, James Cagney, William Powell, Clark Gable, Gene Raymond, Hedy Lamarr, Paul Muni, and Ronald Colman.

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Goofs

When Bobby comes to Phil's house and Phil tells him he is getting a divorce, there is a brief glimpse of the modern-day LA skyline in the upper right hand corner of the screen behind Phil.

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Quotes

Phil Stern: Two time Academy Award winner.
Bobby: Wow, congratulations.
Howard: Thank you. You've never heard of me, I'm a writer.

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Connections

Referenced in On Cinema: 'Café Society' And 'Jason Bourne' (2016)

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Soundtracks

More Than You Know
Composed by Vincent Youmans, Billy Rose & Edward Eliscu
Performed by Benny Goodman (as Benny Goodman Trio)
Courtesy of RCA Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

It was a very romantic look at a moment in time.

I myself am a sucker for a movie that gives a take on old school Hollywood and Woody Allen did a beautiful job with Cafe Society.

The cinematography on this one did a great job of capturing the feel of 1930s California and New York city. I can't get over how beautiful this thing was shot. A knock out combination of lights setting and music to bring out the mood.

And the jazz numbers that lace this flick did just that for setting that beautiful tone

Jesse Eisenberg started off a little too much Woody Allen at first (one particular scene in the beginning that acts like a hilarious sketch routine, where Jesse's character Bobby buys a hooker). It did get some getting use to, before it became his own thing.

Corey Stoll's character Ben, a though Jew who becomes a night club owner, whole involvement in the film taste like Scorsese light, which only made it even that more interesting.

It's a good Woody Allen comedy,but They are all good to me. If you like one you like them all (but I'm more partial to the ones he does not star in, like this one), and it's super impressive he does one of these on annual basis and he's able keep the quality constant.

It'a funny film with laugh out loud moments, and very crafty narrative narrated by Allen himself. This movie is just another love letter with the city he loves (and a thoughtful P.S you're OK too California), and makes Woody feel like such a helpless romantic, but that's what makes the movie so good to watch.

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [France]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Hebrew

Release Date:

5 August 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Café Society

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$359,289, 17 July 2016

Gross USA:

$11,103,205

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$43,763,247

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gravier Productions, Perdido Productions, FilmNation Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Color:

Color (ACES)

Aspect Ratio:

2.00 : 1