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Bullets Over Broadway (1994) -- In 1920s New York, a struggling playwright is forced to cast a mobster's talentless girlfriend in his latest drama in order to get it produced.

Overview

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Director:
Woody Allen
Writers (WGA):
Woody Allen (written by) and
Douglas McGrath (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
18 January 1995 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime more
Tagline:
A killer comedy! more
Plot:
In 1920s New York, a struggling playwright is forced to cast a mobster's talentless girlfriend in his latest drama in order to get it produced. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 15 wins & 12 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(20 articles)
George Lucas, Meg Tilly, Kirk Douglas: Governors Awards 2009
 (From Alternative Film Guide. 15 November 2009, 5:42 PM, PST)
Wiest & Monk Lead Stories On 5 Stories at Playwrights Horizons, 11/9
 (From BroadwayWorld.com. 23 October 2009, 2:37 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
Funny and profound more (69 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

John Cusack ... David Shayne

Dianne Wiest ... Helen Sinclair

Jennifer Tilly ... Olive Neal

Chazz Palminteri ... Cheech

Mary-Louise Parker ... Ellen

Jack Warden ... Julian Marx

Joe Viterelli ... Nick Valenti

Rob Reiner ... Sheldon Flender

Tracey Ullman ... Eden Brent

Jim Broadbent ... Warner Purcell

Harvey Fierstein ... Sid Loomis
Stacey Nelkin ... Rita
Malgorzata Zajaczkowska ... Lili (as Margaret Sophie Stein)
Charles Cragin ... Rifkin
Nina Sonja Peterson ... Josette (as Nina Sonya Peterson)
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for some language.
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
98 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L | Finland:K-11 (cinema release) (1996) | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Netherlands:MG6 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | France:U | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
110th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA more
Company:
Miramax Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This is the second of two Woody Allen films using Irving Aaronson and his Commanders' performance of Cole Porter's "Let's Misbehave" during the closing credits. The first was 1972's "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask." more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Helen gives David a gift on his birthday, she calls him a Scorpio, but two scenes later it is only September 24th. The Sun does not enter the sign of Scorpio until the end of October. David is a Virgo or a Libra. more
Quotes:
Helen Sinclair: Make love to me.
David Shayne: Here? Now?
Helen Sinclair: I see no reason to wait.
David Shayne: Jerome Kern is on the other side of the door.
Helen Sinclair: Yes, he's a wonderful composer. You'll have to meet him. Now hang up your pants.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Seed of Chucky (2004) more
Soundtrack:
When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin' Along more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
Funny and profound, 14 December 2002
Author: Jaymay from Los Angeles

I remember liking this movie a lot when I saw it in the theater. I

recently caught it again on HBO and was struck by the deeper

thematic resonance that you might not pick up on first viewing.

The character of Flender speaks the film's theme for his own

shallow reasons. He says, "True artists create their own moral

universe." Flender uses this mantra to rationalize boinking his

friend's girlfriend. But it is true nonetheless. Artists believe that

great art transcends human life, because it perserveres through

generations and it enriches the lives of countless people. On one

side this is a beautiful notion. But the flip side of the notion is

violent.

The artistic ideal is unforgiving: it demands everything from its

devotees. That's why many a great artist (Picasso, Pollack,

Hemingway) has broken hearts and even killed rather than

compromise.

Most people in the world don't live that way. They follow the golden

rule. This moral integrity allows them to feel at one with humanity,

and it gives them a sense of peace and self-worth.

For artists (like gangsters), civility is a luxury. If they want to

achieve greatness, they have to be willing to push mediocrity, and

mediocre people, aside.

Chazz Palmentieri (not Joe Mantegna, as some have incorrectly

stated) plays Cheech, a gangster who discovers he has a passion

for writing. He's willing to kill and die for his work, and that's what

makes him an artist. John Cusack plays David, a playwright who

has great ambition and even great good fortune, but who realizes,

through his association with Cheech, that he is not willing to

sacrifice his common humanity, and therefor, he is not an artist.

I think this is one of Woody Allen's best films (in the top three or

four). But I have to believe that Douglas McGrath had a great deal

to do with the script, since Woody's other recent efforts are far

inferior to this. So I applaud Doug McGrath, from one artist to

another.

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