Jack Warden's recent death brings to mind all his movies, including this one. Watching "Bullets Over Broadway", one gets the feeling that Woody Allen is representing a personal experience. Whether or not he is, though, the movie's still pretty good. Portraying producer David Shayne (John Cusack) trying to put on a play in 1920s New York and having to acquiesce to a gangster's (Joe Viterelli) demands to cast the gangster's floozy girlfriend (Jennifer Tilly) in order to put on the play, the movie goes all out.
Yes, it sounds like a situation that we've seen before (including a "Gilligan's Island" episode), but Allen has some treats in store for us. For example, Dianne Wiest - who won Best Supporting Actress - has a comment about the world opening up; it's the sort of line that could only appear in Woody Allen movie! And there are many more.
Anyway, this just goes to show that Allen does much better when he goes for straight comedy, rather than idiotically focusing on neurotic rich New Yorkers. You're sure to like "BOB".
Oh, and Jack Warden plays John Cusack's co-producer. Also starring are Chazz Palminteri, Mary-Louise Parker, Rob Reiner, Tracey Ullman, Jim Broadbent, Harvey Fierstein and Margaret Sophie Stein.
Yes, it sounds like a situation that we've seen before (including a "Gilligan's Island" episode), but Allen has some treats in store for us. For example, Dianne Wiest - who won Best Supporting Actress - has a comment about the world opening up; it's the sort of line that could only appear in Woody Allen movie! And there are many more.
Anyway, this just goes to show that Allen does much better when he goes for straight comedy, rather than idiotically focusing on neurotic rich New Yorkers. You're sure to like "BOB".
Oh, and Jack Warden plays John Cusack's co-producer. Also starring are Chazz Palminteri, Mary-Louise Parker, Rob Reiner, Tracey Ullman, Jim Broadbent, Harvey Fierstein and Margaret Sophie Stein.