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Annie Hall is a 1977 American satirical romantic comedy-drama film directed by Woody Allen from a screenplay written by Allen and Marshall Brickman, and produced by Allen's manager, Charles H. Joffe.
Annie Hall: Directed by Woody Allen. With Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane. Alvy Singer, a divorced Jewish comedian, reflects on his relationship with ex-lover Annie Hall, an aspiring nightclub singer, which ended abruptly just like his previous marriages.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Woody Allen
- 1977-04-20
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- Academy Award nominations (* denotes win)
Annie Hall, American romantic comedy film, released in 1977, that was cowritten and directed by Woody Allen and starred Allen and Diane Keaton. The movie, with its mix of comic sequences and observations about the impermanence of romance, became a critical and popular favourite. It garnered both the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award for best picture, and Allen won BAFTA Awards and Oscars for his direction and writing.
(Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)
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The movie begins with Alvy Singer (played by Allen) telling the audience that he is trying to figure out why his relationship with Annie Hall ended. The story proceeds in a series of nonlinear flashbacks, beginning with several scenes from Alvy’s childhood. The scenes reveal that Alvy grew up in a house under the roller coaster at Coney Island and that he was a nervous and pessimistic child who grew up to be a comedian. The next scenes take place at a more recent time. Alvy’s friend Rob (Tony Roberts) suggests that they move to California, but Alvy is not interested. Then Alvy and Annie (Keaton) go to a movie. Later that night, Annie mentions that Alvy has been married before, introducing a flashback to Alvy’s first marriage, to Allison (Carol Kane). Another scene shows Alvy and Annie enjoying each other’s company in a seaside house as they struggle to make a dinner of boiled lobsters. During a walk on the beach, they reflect on Annie’s previous boyfriends and then introduce Alvy’s failed second marriage, to Robin (Janet Margolin). The film then shows Annie and Alvy meeting for the first time, at a tennis game with Rob, and reveals the sweet and awkward beginning of their romance.
The next scenes show Alvy and Annie arguing about the prospect of living together, about their relationship, and about sex. Alvy has Easter dinner with Annie’s family in Wisconsin; his family observes a Jewish holiday in a split screen that highlights the cultural distance between the families. Later, Annie and Alvy break up. Alvy goes on a date with Pam (Shelley Duvall), but when they are in bed together, Annie calls Alvy to tell him that there is an emergency. Alvy goes to Annie to deal with the crisis (two spiders in her bathroom), and they reconcile.
•Studio: Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions
•Director: Woody Allen
•Writers: Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman
•Cinematographer: Gordon Willis
•Woody Allen (Alvy Singer)
•Diane Keaton (Annie Hall)
•Tony Roberts (Rob)
•Carol Kane (Allison)
•Janet Margolin (Robin)
•Shelley Duvall (Pam)
•Picture*
•Lead actor (Woody Allen)
•Lead actress* (Diane Keaton)
•Direction*
- Pat Bauer
May 12, 2002 · Annie Hall. 95 minutes ‧ PG ‧ 1977. Roger Ebert. May 12, 2002. 7 min read. Diane Keaton and Woody Allen in "Annie Hall." “Annie Hall” contains more intellectual wit and cultural references than any other movie ever to win the Oscar for best picture, and in winning the award in 1977 it edged out “Star Wars,” an outcome unthinkable today.
Apr 19, 2017 · Annie Hall is Allen's fourth-highest grossing movie, behind Midnight in Paris, Hannah and Her Sisters and Manhattan. Adjusted for inflation, it is his highest earner, with an...
Apr 20, 2017 · Annie Hall just turned 40, the same age as Alvy Singer—the comedian, played of course by Allen, who examines his life to determine what went wrong following the breakup with its eponymous...
Comedian Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) examines the rise and fall of his relationship with struggling nightclub singer Annie Hall (Diane Keaton).
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- Romance, Comedy
- PG
