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Manhattan (1979)

R04/25/1979Comedy, Drama, Romance1h 36m

Woody Allen's New Comedy Hit

Overview

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Woody Allen

    Isaac Davis

  2. Cast 1

    Diane Keaton

    Mary Wilkie

  3. Cast 1

    Michael Murphy

    Yale

  4. Cast 1

    Mariel Hemingway

    Tracy

  5. Cast 1

    Meryl Streep

    Jill

  6. Cast 1

    Anne Byrne Hoffman

    Emily

  7. Cast 1

    Karen Ludwig

    Connie

  8. Cast 1

    Michael O'Donoghue

    Dennis

  9. Cast 1

    Gary Weis

    Television Director

Having seen this four or five times now since I was a kid, I can definitively say this is the best Woody Allen introduction for newcomers. Visually it's his best work (for those who don't know, the cinematographer Gordon Willis did The Godfather Parts 1 & 2 earlier the same decade, so it's no surprise). Not as insightful or engrossing as Hannah or Misdemeanors, but the writing's up there. Mariel Hemingway's a crown jewel and tears me apart. If you're a newbie and can watch this before Annie Hall I highly recommend it. It's aged much better and is _the_ Woody Allen litmus test