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Woody Allen | ... | ||
Diane Keaton | ... | ||
Tony Roberts | ... | ||
Carol Kane | ... | ||
Paul Simon | ... | ||
Shelley Duvall | ... | ||
Janet Margolin | ... | ||
Colleen Dewhurst | ... |
Mom Hall
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Christopher Walken | ... |
Duane Hall
(as Christopher Wlaken)
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Donald Symington | ... |
Dad Hall
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Helen Ludlam | ... |
Grammy Hall
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Mordecai Lawner | ... |
Alvy's Dad
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Joan Neuman | ... |
Alvy's Mom
(as Joan Newman)
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Jonathan Munk | ... | |
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Ruth Volner | ... |
Alvy's Aunt
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Alvy Singer, a forty year old twice divorced, neurotic, intellectual Jewish New York stand-up comic, reflects on the demise of his latest relationship, to Annie Hall, an insecure, flighty, Midwestern WASP aspiring nightclub singer. Unlike his previous relationships, Alvy believed he may have worked out all the issues in his life through fifteen years of therapy to make this relationship with Annie last, among those issues being not wanting to date any woman that would want to date him, and thus subconsciously pushing those women away. Alvy not only reviews the many ups and many downs of their relationship, but also reviews the many facets of his makeup that led to him starting to date Annie. Those facets include growing up next to Coney Island in Brooklyn, being attracted to the opposite sex for as long as he can remember, and enduring years of Jewish guilt with his constantly arguing parents. Written by Huggo
Woody Allen's masterpiece will always be "Annie Hall." What is most remarkable today about this film is the way Allen presents it. It's a movie about a relationship. But rather than taking a linear approach, Allen plays with time. We see the middle, the begining, and the end. And not always in that order. Allen also breaks the fourth wall a lot and has many dream sequences and asides which add to the complexity of the characters. This is a highly autobiographical film and Allen pulls no punches. This movie is not about romance in the way that "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is. Rather, "Annie Hall" is a deconstruction of a romance. At times it is funny and heartbreaking and always classic. "Love fades," indeed.