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Radio Days (1987)

PG01/30/1987Comedy, Drama1h 29m
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Overview

The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Danny Aiello

    Rocco

  2. Cast 1

    Jeff Daniels

    Biff Baxter

  3. Cast 1

    Mia Farrow

    Sally White

  4. Cast 1

    Seth Green

    Joe

  5. Cast 1

    Robert Joy

    Fred

  6. Cast 1

    Julie Kavner

    Mother

  7. Cast 1

    Diane Keaton

    New Year's Singer

  8. Julie Kurnitz

    Irene

  9. Cast 1

    Renée Lippin

    Aunt Ceil

"Radio Days" is packed with gentle and understated comedic flourishes combined with some genuinely arresting moments of tragedy and major life changing global events. However, you could argue Woody Allen is tastefully romanticising such things as the family unit being central to daily life too much. After all, were families ever this much chaotic fun? Was life ever lived this way? Was there ever this degree of togetherness? And if so, then how was it ever lost? And, more importantly, can it ever be regained? In any case, Allen weaves his delightfully entertaining narrative thread through all a...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$16,000,000.00

Revenue $14,792,779.00

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