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Nominated for two Academy Awards in 1979, and considered one of Allen's most enduring accomplishments, 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 that format), and accompanied by a magnificent Gershwin score, Woody Allen's aesthetic triumph is a "prismatic portrait of a time and 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 Hemingway) he doesn't love, and a lesbian ex-wife Jill (Meryl 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 fulfillment in a city where sex is as intimate as a handshake - and the gate to true love... is a revolving door.
Average rating (3 reviews)
Cinema at it's finest.
Jamie1974 | 14/06/2008 | See all Jamie1974's reviews (21) »
I was a little worried as i'm a blackandwhitefilmophobe but, this fim is marvelous.
Compared to films like Serpico, Taxi Driver, The Warriors that show New York on the 1970's as a cess pit this shows 70's New York through Woody Allen's eyes and what a place it is.
5 Stars all the way.
It was his masterpiece. And it always would be.
Tomius | 15/06/2007 | See all Tomius' reviews (9) »
Beautiful
ChrisCarr182 | 01/05/2007 | See all ChrisCarr182's reviews (27) »
A masterpiece by Woody Allen which shows his love for NYC. Shot in b&w which amazingly compliments the film, it is a marvellous study of New York. One of Allen's best.
Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep, Anne Byrne, Karen Ludwig, Michael O'Donoghue & Victor Truro | |
15 years or over | |
1979 | |
Widescreen 2.35:1 Anamorphic | |
English - Dolby Digital (1.0) Mono | |
German ; Spanish ; French ; Italian | |
English ; German ; Dutch ; French ; Italian ; Spanish ; Portuguese ; Swedish ; Danish ; Norwegian ; Finnish ; Polish ; English hard of hearing ; German hard of hearing | |
1 hour and 36 minutes (approx) | |
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players. |
