annie hall: considered to be woody allen s breakthrough movie (time), annie hall won four oscars 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 allen 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 by his best friend, rob (tony roberts), alvy falls in love with the ditzy but delightful nightclub singer annie hall (diane keaton). when alvy s own insecurities sabotage the affair, annie is forced to leave alvy for a new life and lover (paul simon) in los angeles. knowing he may have lost annie forever, alvy s willing to go to any lengths even driving l.a. s freeways to recapture the only thing that ever mattered...true love.manhattan: nominated for two academy awards, and considered one of [woody] allen s most enduring accomplishments (boxoffice), manhattan is a wry, touching and finely rendered portrait of modern relationships set against the backdrop of urban alienation. sumptuously photographed in black and white (allen s first film in that format), and accompanied by a magnificent gershwin score, allen s aesthetic triumph is a prismatic portrait of a time and a place that may be studied decades hence (time). sleeper: drawing on the great tradition of silent comedy, sleeper is woody allens first film to tame his verbal wit and showcase his emerging skill with visual and physical comedy. starring diane keaton (directed by allen for the first time), sleeper is a bizarre mixture of new york neuroses, splendidly lunatic sight gags, alice-in-wonderland illogic, and too-funny-to-be-painful satire (los angeles herald-examiner)! when cryogenically preserved miles monroe (allen) is awakened 200 years after a hospital mishap, he discovers the futures not so bright: all women are frigid, all men are impotent, and the world is ruled by an evil dictatora disembodied nose! pursued by the secret police and recruited by anti-government rebels with a plan to kidnap the dictators snout before it can be cloned, miles falls for the beautiful but untalented poet luna (keaton). but when miles is captured and reprogrammed by the government to believe hes miss america! its up to luna to save miles, lead the rebels, and cut off the nosejust to spite its face. forty-two-year-old manhattan native isaac davis (allen) has a job he hates, a seventeen-year-old girlfriend, tracy (mariel hemingway), he doesn t love, and a lesbian ex-wife, jill (meryl streep), who s writing a tell-all book about their marriage...and whomSKU:ADIB00BN3DZZA
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