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Manhattan (1979) 8.0
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Metascore: 82/100
Reviews: 207 user | 104 critic | 9 from Metacritic.com A divorced New Yorker currently dating a high-schooler brings himself to look for love in the mistress of his best friend instead. Director:Woody Allen |
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Cast
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Yale
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Jill
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Emily
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Connie
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Michael O'Donoghue | ... |
Dennis
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Victor Truro | ... |
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Helen Hanft | ... |
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Bella Abzug | ... |
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Gary Weis | ... |
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Isaac, 42, has divorced Jill. She is now living with another woman, Connie, and is writing a book in which she will reveal some very private points of their relationship. Isaac has a love affair with Tracy, 17, when he meets Mary, the mistress of his best friend Yale. Yale is already married to Emily. Written by Yepok
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
25 April 1979 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Menhetn See more »Box Office
Gross:
$45,700,000 (USA)Company Credits
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MonoColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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[music: the opening of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Voiceover]
Isaac Davis: Chapter One. He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion. Eh uh, no, make that he, he romanticized it all out of proportion. Better. To him, no matter what the season was, this was still a town that existed in black and white and pulsated to the great tunes of George Gershwin. Uh, no, let me start this over.
Isaac Davis: Chapter One: He was too romantic about Manhattan, as he was about everything else. He thrived on...
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(1927)
Music by George Gershwin (uncredited)
Performed by New York Philharmonic (as The New York Philharmonic)
Music director: Zubin Mehta
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Toward the end of the film, when Isaac is haranguing Yale, he mentions Yale someday being before a Senate subcommittee "naming names". In The Front, Woody Allen's character winds up before a Congressional committee to "name names", including the character played by Michael Murphy. See more »Goofs
During the fireworks in the opening sequence the screen goes black several times - but not completely: Two bright circles - glasses - can be seen as a reflection (probably because the sequence was filmed from behind a window) and there is also a very slight after-image of the person wearing the glasses who might even be the director. See more »Quotes
[first lines][music: the opening of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Voiceover]
Isaac Davis: Chapter One. He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion. Eh uh, no, make that he, he romanticized it all out of proportion. Better. To him, no matter what the season was, this was still a town that existed in black and white and pulsated to the great tunes of George Gershwin. Uh, no, let me start this over.
Isaac Davis: Chapter One: He was too romantic about Manhattan, as he was about everything else. He thrived on...
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Crazy Credits
There are no opening credits, save the production company bumper and the film's title, which appears as part of a flashing neon sign in New York City. See more »Soundtracks
"S'Wonderful"(1927)
Music by George Gershwin (uncredited)
Performed by New York Philharmonic (as The New York Philharmonic)
Music director: Zubin Mehta
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'Manhattan' looks beautiful in black and white. It is definitely Woody Allen's best. Two years after 'Annie Hall' we have Woody Allen and Diane Keaton together again. Allen plays Isaac who is dating the 17-year old Tracy (Mariel Hemingway). He has a friend, the married Yale (Michael Murphy), who is having an affair with Mary (Diane Keaton). Isaac falls in love with Mary and stops seeing Tracy to start things with Mary. In a sub-plot we have the ex-wife of Isaac publishing a book about their sex-life. Now she is living with a woman. The ex-wife Jill is played by Meryl Streep. Her appearances are short and not very often but she is more than great in her scenes.
'Manhattan' is even better than the great 'Annie Hall'. The black and white cinematograpy, done with a good reason, gives a little extra to the movie. Like I said Streep is terrific and so are Allen, Keaton and especially Hemingway (she was nominated for an Oscar). The monologues Allen had in 'Annie Hall' are still present, smart, interesting and funny. A great story, very intelligent, of course written (and directed) by Woody Allen himself.