Manhattan

UPC: 027616851154

Studio: MGM

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Adult Situations, Adult Language, Adult Humor, Sexual Situations]

Summary: On the heels of Annie Hall, the Oscar-winning romantic comedy that rocketed Woody Allen to the front ranks of American filmmakers, Manhattan continued Allen's romantic obsessions in a slightly darker, more pessimistic vein. Allen stars as Isaac Davis, a TV comedy writer sick of the pap he is forced to churn out and harboring dreams of being the great American novelist. His love life is in barbed-wire territory: he is tormented by his second ex-wife Jill (Meryl Streep), a lesbian who has written a tell-all book about their marriage, and he is dating teenager Tracy (Mariel Hemingway), to whom he refuses to commit, and keeps hinting that a breakup may be imminent. Isaac's disillusioned (and married) best friend Yale (Michael Murphy) has begun an affair with the cerebral writer Mary Wilke (Diane Keaton). While Isaac makes a last minute, sink-or-swim decision to quit his job and devote all of his time to book writing, and neurotically moans about what the lack of a full time job will do to him ("My parents won't have as good of a seat in the synagogue," he moans. "They'll be far away from God... away from the action") Yale is crippled by his lack of resolve, as indicated by his inability to leave his wife Emily (Anne Byrne). Meanwhile, Isaac and Mary begin to fall for one another. Tracy then tells Isaac the basic truth that none of his hung-up friends and past lovers fully realizes: "You have to have a little more faith in people." Manhattan is both a seriocomic dissection of perpetually dissatisfied New Yorkers and an ode to the city itself, filmed in glorious black-and-white by ace cinematographer Gordon Willis, and set to a score of rhapsodic George Gershwin music. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Comedy Drama

Awards: Best Picture – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Screenplay – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Screenplay – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Foreign Film – French Academy of Cinema U.S. National Film Registry – Library of Congress Best Supporting Actress – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Director – Directors Guild of America Best Picture - Drama – null Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Supporting Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – National Board of Review Best Supporting Actress – National Board of Review Best Director – New York Film Critics Circle Best Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Director – National Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actress – National Society of Film Critics

Features: Collectible booklet
Original theatrical trailer

Manhattan

Format: DVD

Release Date: 07/05/2000

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: 1 USA & territories, Canada

Runtime: 96 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,Spanish

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Scene Selections.
0. Scene Selections.
1. Logos/ New York! [3:59]
2. Smoking At Elaine's. [2:38]
3. Serious Talks. [4:14]
4. Overrated Intellectuals. [7:37]
5. "I Quit!" [2:57]
6. Black-Tie Event. [2:26]
7. Getting Acquainted. [4:28]
8. The Morning After. [3:39]
9. Picking Up Willy. [2:58]
10. Enlightening Date. [6:03]
11. "It's Your Night!" [3:19]
12. "I Can't Do This!" [6:05]
13. "He Led Me On!" [3:13]
14. First Kiss. [5:18]
15. "So Long" Over Sodas. [4:03]
16. Falling In Love. [2:41]
17. Confronting The Exes. [5:56]
18. Revealing Literature. [2:53]
19. Stunned & Confused. [3:34]
20. "We're Just People!" [3:01]
21. Broken Hearts. [2:41]
22. Dictating Life. [3:00]
23. "I Made A Mistake!" [6:46]
24. End Credits. [2:23]

Rebecca Flint Marx

Woody Allen's valentine/ode to the city captures New York at its most iconic, framing its skyscrapers and other landmarks with lavish care and setting its pace to the rhythm of George Gershwin's melodies. In addition to being Allen's most visually striking film (thanks in large part to Gordon Willis' gorgeous black-and-white photography), Manhattan is also one of his most satisfying, considered by many his greatest achievement. A deeply funny exploration of love, guilt, and everything in-between, the film matches its humor with poignancy. Rather than provide caricatures of urban professionals who think too much for their own good, Allen gives us full-blooded individuals whose anxiety is matched only by their complexity. Even the most incidental, unseen characters, such as Mary's psychiatrist (who telephones her at 3 a.m., weeping) have a rare vibrancy and dimensions all their own. Many critics who reviewed Manhattan at the time of its release remarked that it reflected Allen's growth as a filmmaker, providing a more compassionate, clear-eyed exploration of themes that he had examined in Interiors and Annie Hall, his two previous efforts. Manhattan effectively promoted Allen to the upper echelons of the director/screenwriter realm; a triumphant synthesis of old-fashioned style and modern sensibility, it defined both a director and a genre, setting new standards for the urban comedy. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Mark Linn-Baker  Actor 
Gary Weis  Actor 
Karen Allen  Actor 
Woody Allen  Director 
Woody Allen  Screenwriter 
Marshall Brickman  Screenwriter 
Robert Greenhut  Executive Producer 
Charles H. Joffe  Producer 
Jack Rollins  Executive Producer 
Jack Rollins  Producer 
Woody Allen  Actor 
Diane Keaton  Actor 
Michael Murphy  Actor 
Mariel Hemingway  Actor 
Meryl Streep  Actor 
Anne Byrne  Actor 
Karen Ludwig  Actor 
Michael O'Donoghue  Actor 
Victor Truro  Actor 
Tisa Farrow  Actor 
Helen Hanft  Actor 
Bella Abzug  Actor 
Kenny Vance  Actor 
Charles Levin  Actor 
David Rasche  Actor 
Damion Sheller  Actor 
Wallace Shawn  Actor 
Frances Conroy  Actor 
Bill Anthony  Actor 
John Doumanian  Actor 
Ray Serra  Actor 

Country: USA