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| Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Rating:  114 reviews
Sales Rank: 5987
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 96
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: M110923
ISBN: 0792846109
UPC: 027616851154
EAN: 9780792846109
ASIN: 0792846109
Theatrical Release Date: March 14, 1979
Release Date: July 5, 2000
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 The tonight movie starring MANHATTAN March 11, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Typically this Allen's movie don't have a plot.
Or is just hard to follow it :)
BUT THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MOVIE ABOUT THE CITY.
.a
P.S. Highly recommended for first time NYC' visitors.
P.P.S. The City is the main actor in the movie. And he plays good...
Woody Allen's Ode to Love and Life In New York City March 4, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Coming off the success of 1977's Annie Hall and the overlooked 1978's Interiors, Woody Allen was looking for a way to bridge the comedy of the former picture and the seriousness of his latter picture, he came out of the box in 1979 with this, Manhattan, possibly his best film.
Manhattan is the story of a man's loves and life in the Big Apple. Filmed in glorious black and white by Gordon WIllis, this is a robust, indelible piece of art work. Allen plays Isaac, a twice divorced 42 year-old man who's dating a 17 year-old girl with a lesbian ex-wife writing a tell-all book about their marriage. Along the way he meets a women whom he beoomes attracted to and begins a relationship with her.
The story is not only about him but, about the city itself, almost a throwback to the good ole days of New York City where Gershwin music was the slice of life and a good picture cost you 75 cents.
There's no denying the power this movie had on me. From the opening shots of Manhattan set to Gershwin's music, to the closing shots of Isaac, I definitely loved this movie.
Must See.
simply great January 24, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
A really decent movie well deserving its reputation. Comes as a real shock after the deeply disappointing Match Point.
Woody Allen's love letter to NYC. October 21, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"You'll think of me as a fond memory."
I recently saw the new 35 mm print of this film released in theaters. Manhattan (1979) is Woody Allen's love letter to New York City, where he was born and has lived all his life. Many critics have identified NYC as the main character of the movie (as its title also suggests). At the risk of sparking a debate with the many fans of Annie Hall, Manhattan is Allen's finest film from the 1970s. Film locations include the Museum of Modern Art, Central Park, the 59th Street Bridge by the East River, the Guggenheim, Elaine's restaurant, Zabar's deli, and the Russian Tea Room. Shot in pristine black and white, the film opens with a stunning montage of images of Manhattan accompanied by George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and a voiceover describing Isaac Davis (Allen) as a man in love with NYC. The romantic comedy then proceeds to tell the story of twice-divorced, 42-year-old Isaac and 17-year old Tracy (Mariel Hemingway), whose May-November relationship is further complicated by the fact that Isaac has fallen in love with another woman, Mary Wilkie (Diane Keaton). "Now I don't feel so good," Tracy says when Isaac ends their relationship. (While many viewers have criticized the film because Isaac and Tracy don't seem to have much in common, I applaud Allen for not allowing his characters to fall into just another Hollywood cliched relationship. Isaac and Tracy go to art-house movies, they eat Chinese food in bed, and play racquetball together, which is more than many couples have in common.) Meanwhile, Isaac's lesbian ex-wife, Jill (Meryl Streep), is writing an expose about their relationship. One of my favorite moments in all of Allen's films occurs when Isaac offers up his list of "Things that Make Life Worth Living" (which includes Groucho Marx, Willie Mays, the 2nd Movement of the Jupiter Symphony, Louis Armstrong's "Potato Head Blues," Swedish movies, Flaubert's Sentimental Education, Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, those incredible Apples and Pears by Cezanne, the crabs at Sam Wo's, and Tracy's face). Ultimately, Manhattan is not so much a romantic comedy (like Annie Hall) as a poignant film about finding love and then losing it in a city of romantic dreams and endless possibilities. (In that respect, and at the risk of sparking another debate--this one with Woody Allen's New York fan base, Manhattan could have just as easily been a French film set in Paris. Its theme is universal.) Watching Manhattan again after so many years, I would have to include it among my list of "old friends" in film.
G. Merritt
Allen's masterpiece October 5, 2007
Although this is not Woody Allens funniest film, it is his best and its one of the best films ever made. It is funny though, but not in the same way as his 'early funny' ones!
Woody Allen's brilliant writing is there right from the start of the film as we listen to Issac's (Woodys character) opening monologue rewritten over and over, to a selection of stunning images of New York.
The film is in black and white and all the better for it. Somehow the cinematographer Gordon Willis has captured everything that is beautiful about New York in this film. The use of music is also key to this film. Its nearly all George Gershwin and the combination has never been matched in the history of cinema.
The plot is tangled web of Issacs relationships with women, and as you'd expect with Woody Allen its never quite right. The leading women in the film, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep (who is vicious) and Mariel Hemingway are all superb. In the end Issac has to make a decision over who he really wants to be with and this leads to two great scenes which unless you were born with your heart removed will leave you choked.
This is a truly great film in all respects and is an essential addition to any film fans collection. Sadly there are no extras with the DVD, but it is widescreen.
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