Annie Hall (DVD)

Annie Hall is one of the truest, most bittersweet romances on film. In it, Allen plays a thinly disguised version of himself: Alvy Singer, a successful--if neurotic--television comedian living in Manhattan. Annie (the wholesomely luminous Dianne Keaton) is a Midwestern transplant who dabbles in photography and sings in small clubs. When the two meet, the sparks are immediate--if repressed. Alone in her apartment for the first time, Alvy and Annie navigate a minefield of self-conscious "is-this-person-someone-I'd-want-to-get-involved-with?" conversation. As they speak, subtitles flash their unspoken thoughts: the likes of "I'm not smart enough for him" and "I sound like a jerk". Despite all their caution, they connect, and we're swept up in the flush of their new romance. Allen's antic sensibility shines here in a series of flashbacks to Alvy's childhood, growing up, quite literally, under a rumbling roller coaster. His boisterous Jewish family's dinner table shares a split screen with the WASP-y Hall's tight-lipped holiday table, one Alvy has joined for the first time. His position as outsider is incontestable when he looks down the table and sizes up Annie's "Grammy Hall" as "a classic Jew-hater".

General

Studio:	Mgm
Country of origin:	Sweden
Release date:	July 2000
Actors:	Woody Allen • Diane Keaton
Dimensions:	192 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:
Running time:	1 hour, 37 minutes
Region encoding:	Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
Age restriction:	15
Categories:	DVD > Comedy DVD > Feature Film
LSN:	XSM-UD0-V9M-1
Barcode:	7321917160261

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Entertaining!!!!

Wed, 13 Nov 2013 | Review by: Njabulo P.

Woody Allen delivers a great performance directed and written for, and by himself. His usually sharp and witty lines are present in this film. Diane Keaton's Oscar-winning performance is a standout too and so is her performance of the song "Seems like old Times", the best recording of the song I've ever heard. This is the film that defeated "Star Wars" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" at the Oscars in 1977 (At least in the Original Screenplay, Direction and Best Picture categories), most certainly a difficult feat considering the classic status of those two films. This one too is a classic. This is the perfect example of how a romantic comedy should be made.

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