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Storyline
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
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Taglines:
A nervous romance.
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Release Date:
20 April 1977 (USA)
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Box Office
Budget:
$4,000,000
(estimated)
Gross:
$39,200,000
(USA)
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Runtime:
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Trivia
This film features six actors who would go on to star in iconic horror movies. Sigourney Weaver, who plays Alvy's date at the end would go on to star in the "Alien" franchise as "Ripley." Shelley Duvall who plays Pam would go on to play Wendy in the 1980 movie "The Shining." Christopher Walken who plays Duane would go on to star in 1983's "The Dead Zone." Carol Kane and Colleen Dewhurst would go on to co-star in 1979's "When a Stranger Calls" and Jeff Goldblum went on to star as "Seth Brundel" in 1986's "The Fly".
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Goofs
New York State flag on University Of Wisconsin auditorium stage. (Scene was shot at Manhattan's Fashion Institute Of Technology on 7th Avenue.)
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Quotes
[
first lines]
Alvy Singer:
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addressing the camera]
There's an old joke - um... two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort, and one of 'em says, "Boy, the food at this place is really terrible." The other one says, "Yeah, I know; and such small portions." Well, that's essentially how I feel about life - full of loneliness, and misery, and suffering, and unhappiness, and it's all over much too quickly. The... the other important joke, for me, is one that's usually attributed to Groucho Marx; but, I ...
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Crazy Credits
Christopher Walken's name is misspelled in the credits as "Christopher Wlaken".
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Connections
Referenced in
Canadian Bacon (1995)
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Soundtracks
Sleepy Lagoon
(1930)
Composed by
Eric Coates (uncredited)
Performed by
Tommy Dorsey on RCA Records
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