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One can usually recall a few scenes from a good movie, but Bananas is one of those great movies which one can replay in the mind from beginning to end. (Bananas is neatly bracketed at the beginning and end by Howard Cossell playing himself in bizarre Wide World of Sports coverages.)
In this early Woody Allen comedy, the director stars as Fielding Mellish, a hapless product-testing New Yorker desperately attempting to impress a young and attractive social activist named Nancy...
- (35)
- Woody Allen
- PG-13
- Woody Allen
Bananas: Directed by Woody Allen. With Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalbán, Nati Abascal. When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
- (38K)
- Comedy
- Woody Allen
- 1971-07-19
It is safe to say that Bananas was one of the funniest movies among his earlier films and there is a lot in it that would get a laugh or at least a chuckle out of you. Full Review | Jul 8, 2020
Bananas is a 1971 American comedy film directed by Woody Allen and starring Allen, Louise Lasser, and Carlos Montalban. Written by Allen and Mickey Rose, the film is about a bumbling New Yorker who, after being dumped by his activist girlfriend, travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest revolution. [1]
Bananas. Loosely based on Richard Powell's novel Don Quixote USA and originally entitled El Weirdo, Woody Allen's second outing as writer-director-star is an erratic concoction that overcomes...
Bananas is a political satire that takes pot shots at both western culture and the sm... I review Woody Allen's second feature film as both writer and director.
