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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD DVD Layers: 1 DVD Sides: 2 EAN: 9786304907726 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 6304907729 Label: MGM (Video & DVD) Languages: Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD) MPN: D906559D Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 30, 2000 Running Time: 93 minutes Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) Theatrical Release Date: April 20, 1977 Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential video: 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 uncontestable he looks down the table and sizes up Annie's "Grammy Hall" as "a classic Jew-hater." The relationship arcs, as does Annie's growing desire for independence. It quickly becomes clear that the two are on separate tracks, as what was once endearing becomes annoying. Annie Hall embraces Allen's central themes--his love affair with New York (and hatred of Los Angeles), how impossible relationships are, and his fear of death. But their balance is just right, the chemistry between Allen's worry-wart Alvy and Keaton's gangly, loopy Annie is one of the screen's best pairings. It couldn't be more engaging. --Susan Benson Description: Considered to be "Woody Allen's breakthrough movie" (Time), Annie Hall won* four OscarsÂ(r), including Best Picture, and established Allen as the premier auteur filmmaker. Thought by many critics to be Allen's magnum opus, Annie Hall confirmed that he had, "completed the journey from comic to humorist, from comedy writer to wit [and] from inventive moviemaker to creative artist" (Saturday Review). Alvy Singer (Allen) is one of Manhattan's most brilliant comedians, but when it comes to romance, his delivery needs a little work. Introduced byhis best friend, Rob (Tony Roberts), Alvy falls in love with the ditzy but delightful nightclub singer, Annie Hall (Diane Keaton). When his own insecurities sabotage the affair, Annie is forced to leave Alvy for a new lifeand lover (Paul Simon)in Los Angeles. Knowing he may have lost Annie forever, Alvy's willing to go to any lengthseven driving L.A.'s freewaysto recapture the only thing that ever mattered'true love. *1977: Picture; Actress (Keaton); Director; Original Screenplay Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The modern worldWhy is this world getting so complicated? Although this film is from the late seventies and it has many reminiscences from the 60s and 70s, the historical and cultural context in which the romance of Annie and Alvy takes place still rings today. With no chronological order, Alvy's struggle to find true love is always interrupted by the pseudo-intellectual and shallow culture of the sixties. The cameos on the film about Nazi Germany only highlights the demise of a culture that is only based on shallow ... Read More Rating:  - One of Woody's best filmsWoody Allen has gotten stranger and more twisted over the years. This was one of his best movies. It's a romantic comedy, with the comedy being more in the dialog rather than antics. Rating: - Beautifully constructed story of a genuine, pure and real relationship...Hailed as Woody Allen's finest film, `Annie Hall' has some pretty weighty expectations to live up to, and what amazes me is that each and every time I watch it I am reminded of why Allen is loved to much among the cinemaphiles like myself. Now I admit to not having seen much Allen, and I admit that the first time I saw `Annie Hall' I shut it off about ten minutes in because I couldn't get into it. I was put off by Allen's style of storytelling. Then I saw some of Allen's more recent work, like `Match ... Read More Rating: - Annie Hall? Annie Hall! Very funny, smart, and entertaining.I wish I'd never seen this movie, so that I could see it now for the first time. What a wonderful, funny, smart, entertaining film. So many clever gags, so much great smart New York dialog. Woody manages to weave together a story that jumps from coast to coast, from live action to animated, from serious to hilarious, and keeps it all flowing and fun. Truly one of the most enjoyable films ever. Rating:  - The deranged New York critics should be hung for making this monstrosity a "classic".There's one funny line in this whole crappy, annoying, incredibly overrated movie- just one. It's when Woody Allen visits the LA home of some stereotypical Hollywood types and we see a young Jeff Goldblum on the phone with his guru telling him "I forgot my mantra". I laughed at that. As for the rest, it's pretty much garbage. Woody Allen is so disgusting to even look at, never mind listen to, that the movie is almost impossible to endure. I know he's only a memory these days, but how did the world tolerate ... Read More |
