1979 film by Woody Allen From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Manhattan is a 1979 American romantic comedy-drama movie by director Woody Allen. The movie is set in New York City. The movie is about Issac Davis (played by Allen), a divorced 42-year old dating a 17-year-old girl. His ex-wife is openly lesbian.
Manhattan | |
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Directed by | Woody Allen |
Written by | Woody Allen Marshall Brickman |
Produced by | Charles H. Joffe |
Starring | Woody Allen Diane Keaton Michael Murphy Mariel Hemingway Meryl Streep Porky Pig Anne Byrne |
Cinematography | Gordon Willis |
Edited by | Susan E. Morse |
Music by | George Gershwin played by the New York Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta and the Buffalo Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $39,946,780[1] |
The movie was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress (Mariel Hemingway) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. It also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. The movie was #46 on American Film Institute's "100 Years...100 Laughs". In 2001, the United States Library of Congress said the movie was "culturally significant" and selected it to keep in the National Film Registry.
The movie had mostly positive reviews.
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