A Rainy Day in New York (2019)

A young couple arrives in New York for a weekend where they are met with bad weather and a series of adventures.

Director:

Woody Allen

Writer:

Woody Allen

Stars:

Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Liev Schreiber

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Timothée Chalamet	...	Gatsby
Elle Fanning	...	Ashleigh
Liev Schreiber	...	Roland Pollard
Suzanne Smith	...	Roland's Assistant
Olivia Boreham-Wing	...	Roland's Assistant
Ben Warheit	...	Alvin Troller
Griffin Newman	...	Josh
Selena Gomez	...	Chan
Gus Birney	...	Student Film Crew
Elijah Boothe	...	Student Film Crew
Will Rogers	...	Hunter
Annaleigh Ashford	...	Lily
Jude Law	...	Ted Davidoff
Frank Marzullo	...	Screening Room Tech
Kirby Mitchell	...	Bartender

Storyline

In the Yardley College, Gatsby Welles learns that his girlfriend Ashleigh Enright will travel to Manhattan to interview the cult director Roland Pollard for the college paper and he plans a romantic weekend with her. Gatsby is the son of a wealthy family in New York and Ashleigh is from Tucson and her father owns several banks. He has no attraction to study in Yardley but gambling and Ashleigh. When they arrive in Manhattan, Gatsby does not tell his parents that are planning a fancy party in the evening. Ashleigh meets Pollard and he invites her to a screening of his new film with his writer Ted Davidoff. Meanwhile Gatsby stumbles upon his friend, who is cinema student, and he accepts to participate in a kiss scene with Chan Tyrell, who is the younger sister of his former girlfriend. Along the rainy weekend in New York, Gatsby and Ashleigh have new experiences and discoveries.

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Plot Keywords:

boyfriend girlfriend relationship | new york city | rain | raining | movie screening | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for mature suggestive content, some drug use, smoking, language and partial nudity

Did You Know?

Trivia

With this film being "shelved" due to controversy and not released as originally intended, 2018 marks the first time since 1981 that Woody Allen did not have a feature film released in theaters. In fact, since his directorial debut in "Take the Money and Run" (1969), Allen has written and directed a feature film in every single subsequent year except for 1970, 1974, 1976, 1981, and now 2018. So, in the past 50 years, there have only been 5 years in total in which the world has not seen a Woody Allen film released in theaters.

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Quotes

Roland Pollard: [during his interview with a clueless college reporter] Would you like a scoop?
Ashleigh: [hesitantly] Of what?

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Soundtracks

That's My Kick
Composed by Erroll Garner
Performed by Erroll Garner
Courtesy of Octave Music Licensing, LLC

User Reviews

Not a masterpiece, but not worthy of any censorship either

The movie has quite a strange period feeling and maybe this artistic tool was intentional. Everybody uses smartphones already, but for conversations only. No Twitter, no other social media... Some jokes were actually a bit tasteless, very atypical for Woody Allen. A couple of chuckles throughout the movie, typical Woody Allen. Ellen Fanning had the best lines and she was the best overall. Liev Schreiber was very good also with the material he was given. Cinematography is beautiful and perfect for a rom-com - warm, bright, sparkling and full of colours. Chalamet was just wooden and dull. That was the first performance by him I've seen and I don't want to judge him too early or too harsh but he seems to be extremely overrated. Maybe the right lead for a late Woody Allen film.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 July 2019 (Poland)

Also Known As:

A Rainy Day in New York

Filming Locations:

St. Huberts Animal Welfare Center, Madison, New Jersey, USA

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$21,071,507

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gravier Productions, Perdido Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

DTS (DTS: X) Dolby Atmos Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.00 : 1