Manhattan
1979, 96 minutes, Rated M
Nominated for two Academy Awards in 1979, and considered "one of Allen's most enduring accomplishments" (Boxoffice), Manhattan is a wry, touching and finely rendered portrait of modern relationships against the backdrop of urban alienation. Sumptuously photographed in black and white (Allen's first film in the format), and accompanied by a magnificent Gershwin score, Woody Allen's aesthetic triumph is a "prismatic portrait of a time and a place that may be studied decades hence" (Time Magazine).
42-year-old Manhattan native Isaac Davis (Allen) has a job he hates, a seventeen-year-old girlfriend (Mariel Hemmingway) he doesn't love, and a lesbian ex-wife Jill (Merryl Streep) who's writing a tell-all book about their marriage... and whom he'd like to strangle. But when he meets his best friend's sexy intellectual mistress, Mary (Diane Keaton), Isaac falls head over heels in lust! Leaving Tracy, bedding Mary, and quitting his job are just the beginning of Isaac's quest for romance and fulfilment in a city where sex is as intimate as a handshake - and the gateway to true love... is a revolving door.
- Director:
- Woody Allen [22],
- Starring:
- Meryl Streep [49], Woody Allen [25], Mariel Hemingway [7], Anne Byrne [1], Michael Murphy [1], Diane Keaton [41],
- Screen Formats:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Subtitles:
- French , Spanish , German , Italian
- Language and Sound:
- English Mono
French Mono
German Mono
Italian Mono
Spanish Mono
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