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(Redirected from Manhattan (1979 movie))
'''Manhattan''' is a 1979 romantic comedy film. The movie was written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman, and directed by Allen, as with their previous successful collaboration, ''Annie Hall''. ''Manhattan'' is filmed in black and white. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Mariel Hemingway) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. It also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film.
The film is consistently on the Internet Movie Database's list of top 250 films and was #46 on American Film Institute's "100 Years, 100 Laughs". This film is number 63 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies." In 2001 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
The film opens with a montage of images of Manhattan accompanied by George Gershwin's ''Rhapsody in Blue''. Isaac Davis, played by Allen, is introduced as a man who loves New York City.
Isaac is a twice-divorced 42 year old comedy writer dealing with the women in his life. He is dating Tracy (Mariel Hemingway), a 17-year old high school girl. However, he falls in love with his best friend's mistress, Mary Wilkie (Diane Keaton). Also, his lesbian ex-wife, Jill (Meryl Streep), is writing a tell-all book about their relationship. Over the course of the movie, Isaac tries to figure out who he ultimately wants to be with: Tracy or Mary?
Woody Allen ... Isaac Davis
Diane Keaton ... Mary Wilkie
Michael Murphy ... Yale
Mariel Hemingway ... Tracy
Meryl Streep ... Jill
Anne Byrne Hoffman ... Emily (as Anne Byrne)
Michael O'Donoghue ... Dennis
The scene in which Isaac romances Mary at an art exhibition opening was filmed at the Museum of Modern Art. The sculpture garden and Pablo Picasso's ''She-Goat'' are featured.[1] The iconic shot of Diane Keaton and Woody Allen on the bench was shot just south of the 59th Street Bridge by the East River. The film opens at Elaine's, then a famous hot-spot for New York's literati, and later Woody Allen brings his "son" to the Russian Tea Room.
In an interview with London-based arts critic John Fordham, Allen said that ''Manhattan'' was "like a mixture of what I was trying to do with ''Annie Hall'' and ''Interiors''."[2] He told ''Time'' that his film deals with the problem of people trying to live a decent existence in an essential junk-obsessed contemporary culture without selling out, admitting that he himself could conceive of giving away all of "[his] possessions to charity and living in much more modest circumstances," continuing, "I've rationalized my way out of it so far, but I could conceive of doing it."[3]
The film is shot in black and white by cinematographer Gordon Willis, who had also filmed ''The Godfather'' and its sequels, as well as Allen's ''Annie Hall''. According to an interview with Marc Didden in the ''New Musical Express'' from the time of the film's release, Allen decided to shoot his film in black and white
The film is notable for its extensive use of music composed by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin.
The film was shot in the Cinemascope aspect ratio, . Allen wanted to preserve Willis's compositions, and insisted that the aspect ratio be preserved when the film was released on video (an unusual request in a time when widescreen films were normally panned and scanned for TV and video release). As a result, all copies of the movie on video were letterboxed. Allen even sued a Swiss TV channel that broadcast a pan and scan version of the movie. However, a pan and scan version has since been aired on UK television.
''Manhattan'' opened in North America on April 25, 1979 in 29 theatres. It grossed $485,734 ($16,749 per screen) in its opening weekend, and earned a robust $39,946,780 in its entire run.[4] In 2007 dollars, this would be over $110 million.
The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Mariel Hemingway) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. It also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film.
The film is consistently on the Internet Movie Database's list of top 250 films and was #46 on American Film Institute's "100 Years, 100 Laughs". This film is number 63 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies." In 2001, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Auteurist film critic Andrew Sarris notably praised ''Manhattan'' as "the only truly great American movie of the 1970s."[5] ''Time'' film critic Frank Rich wrote at the time that Allen's film is "tightly constructed, clearly focused intellectually, it is a prismatic portrait of a time and place that may be studied decades hence to see what kind of people we were."
Recently, J. Hoberman wrote in the ''Village Voice'', "The New York City that Woody so tediously defended in ''Annie Hall'' was in crisis. And so he imagined an improved version. More than that, he cast this shining city in the form of those movies that he might have seen as a child in Coney Island—freeing the visions that he sensed to be locked up in the silver screen."[6]
★ Parodied on the Australian movie show The Bazura Project, Episode 1.09, as part of the episode's opening sequence.
★ In the Simpsons episode Rome-old and Julie-eh, during a montage establishing the romance between Grandpa and Selma, they're seen in an homage to the film's 59th St. Bridge money-shot, though it's quickly revealed they're really just on a bench looking at the film's poster.
1. ''Made in NY'', Museum of Modern Art, New York City, USA, 2006.
2. "''Manhattan''." ''BestPrices.com''. 15 November 2006.
3. Interview with Woody", Time, April 30, 1979.
4. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=manhattan.htm
5. moviediva. "''Manhattan''." ''moviediva''. January 2003. 15 November 2006.
6. Defending ''Manhattan'' J. Hoberman
★
★ ''The Film Journal'': Woody's ''Manhattan'' at 25
★ ''The Reeler'' interview with Gordon Willis
'''Manhattan''' is a 1979 romantic comedy film. The movie was written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman, and directed by Allen, as with their previous successful collaboration, ''Annie Hall''. ''Manhattan'' is filmed in black and white. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Mariel Hemingway) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. It also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film.
The film is consistently on the Internet Movie Database's list of top 250 films and was #46 on American Film Institute's "100 Years, 100 Laughs". This film is number 63 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies." In 2001 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
| Contents |
| Synopsis |
| Cast and characters |
| Filming locations |
| Style |
| Reception |
| In Popular Culture |
| References |
| External links |
Synopsis
The film opens with a montage of images of Manhattan accompanied by George Gershwin's ''Rhapsody in Blue''. Isaac Davis, played by Allen, is introduced as a man who loves New York City.
Isaac is a twice-divorced 42 year old comedy writer dealing with the women in his life. He is dating Tracy (Mariel Hemingway), a 17-year old high school girl. However, he falls in love with his best friend's mistress, Mary Wilkie (Diane Keaton). Also, his lesbian ex-wife, Jill (Meryl Streep), is writing a tell-all book about their relationship. Over the course of the movie, Isaac tries to figure out who he ultimately wants to be with: Tracy or Mary?
Cast and characters
Woody Allen ... Isaac Davis
Diane Keaton ... Mary Wilkie
Michael Murphy ... Yale
Mariel Hemingway ... Tracy
Meryl Streep ... Jill
Anne Byrne Hoffman ... Emily (as Anne Byrne)
Michael O'Donoghue ... Dennis
Filming locations
The iconic bridge shot
The scene in which Isaac romances Mary at an art exhibition opening was filmed at the Museum of Modern Art. The sculpture garden and Pablo Picasso's ''She-Goat'' are featured.[1] The iconic shot of Diane Keaton and Woody Allen on the bench was shot just south of the 59th Street Bridge by the East River. The film opens at Elaine's, then a famous hot-spot for New York's literati, and later Woody Allen brings his "son" to the Russian Tea Room.
Style
In an interview with London-based arts critic John Fordham, Allen said that ''Manhattan'' was "like a mixture of what I was trying to do with ''Annie Hall'' and ''Interiors''."[2] He told ''Time'' that his film deals with the problem of people trying to live a decent existence in an essential junk-obsessed contemporary culture without selling out, admitting that he himself could conceive of giving away all of "[his] possessions to charity and living in much more modest circumstances," continuing, "I've rationalized my way out of it so far, but I could conceive of doing it."[3]
The film is shot in black and white by cinematographer Gordon Willis, who had also filmed ''The Godfather'' and its sequels, as well as Allen's ''Annie Hall''. According to an interview with Marc Didden in the ''New Musical Express'' from the time of the film's release, Allen decided to shoot his film in black and white
"because that's how I remember it from when I was small. Maybe it's a reminiscence from old photographs, films, books and all that. But that's how I remember New York. I always heard Gershwin music with it, too. In ''Manhattan'' I really think that we — that's me and cinematographer Gordon Willis — succeeded in showing the city. When you see it there on that big screen it's really decadent."
The film is notable for its extensive use of music composed by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin.
The film was shot in the Cinemascope aspect ratio, . Allen wanted to preserve Willis's compositions, and insisted that the aspect ratio be preserved when the film was released on video (an unusual request in a time when widescreen films were normally panned and scanned for TV and video release). As a result, all copies of the movie on video were letterboxed. Allen even sued a Swiss TV channel that broadcast a pan and scan version of the movie. However, a pan and scan version has since been aired on UK television.
Reception
''Manhattan'' opened in North America on April 25, 1979 in 29 theatres. It grossed $485,734 ($16,749 per screen) in its opening weekend, and earned a robust $39,946,780 in its entire run.[4] In 2007 dollars, this would be over $110 million.
The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Mariel Hemingway) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. It also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film.
The film is consistently on the Internet Movie Database's list of top 250 films and was #46 on American Film Institute's "100 Years, 100 Laughs". This film is number 63 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies." In 2001, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Auteurist film critic Andrew Sarris notably praised ''Manhattan'' as "the only truly great American movie of the 1970s."[5] ''Time'' film critic Frank Rich wrote at the time that Allen's film is "tightly constructed, clearly focused intellectually, it is a prismatic portrait of a time and place that may be studied decades hence to see what kind of people we were."
Recently, J. Hoberman wrote in the ''Village Voice'', "The New York City that Woody so tediously defended in ''Annie Hall'' was in crisis. And so he imagined an improved version. More than that, he cast this shining city in the form of those movies that he might have seen as a child in Coney Island—freeing the visions that he sensed to be locked up in the silver screen."[6]
In Popular Culture
★ Parodied on the Australian movie show The Bazura Project, Episode 1.09, as part of the episode's opening sequence.
★ In the Simpsons episode Rome-old and Julie-eh, during a montage establishing the romance between Grandpa and Selma, they're seen in an homage to the film's 59th St. Bridge money-shot, though it's quickly revealed they're really just on a bench looking at the film's poster.
References
1. ''Made in NY'', Museum of Modern Art, New York City, USA, 2006.
2. "''Manhattan''." ''BestPrices.com''. 15 November 2006.
3. Interview with Woody", Time, April 30, 1979.
4. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=manhattan.htm
5. moviediva. "''Manhattan''." ''moviediva''. January 2003. 15 November 2006.
6. Defending ''Manhattan'' J. Hoberman
External links
★
★ ''The Film Journal'': Woody's ''Manhattan'' at 25
★ ''The Reeler'' interview with Gordon Willis
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