Annie Hall / a Jack Rollins-Charles H. Joffe Production ; written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman ; produced by Charles H. Joffe ; directed by Woody Allen.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: M125642 | MGM Home EntertainmentM125643 | MGM Home Entertainment | (Canada)Language: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Dutch, Polish Series: Woody Allen collectionPublisher: Los Angeles, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2012]Edition: [Blu-ray disc]Description: 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- Edited by Ralph Rosenblum ; director of photography, Gordon Willis.
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Main Library | DVD | New | COMEDY ANNIE HA | Available | 33111010012686 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Woody Allen's romantic comedy of the Me Decade follows the up and down relationship of two mismatched New York neurotics. Jewish comedy writer Alvy Singer (Allen) ponders the modern quest for love and his past romance with tightly-wound WASP singer Annie Hall (Diane Keaton, née Diane Hall). The twice-divorced Alvy knows that it's not easy to find a mate when the options include pretentious New York intellectuals and lifestyle-obsessed Rolling Stone writers, but la-di-dah-ing Annie seems different. Along the rocky road of their coupling, Allen/Alvy weigh in on such topics as endless therapy, movies vs. TV, the absurdity of dating rituals, anti-Semitism, drugs, and, in one of the best set pieces, repressed Midwestern WASP insanity vs. crazy Brooklyn Jewish boisterousness. Annie wants to move to Los Angeles to find that fame that finally does in the relationship -- but not before Alvy gets in a few digs at vacuous, mantra-fixated California. Originally entitled Anhedonia (the inability to enjoy oneself), Annie Hall blended the slapstick and fantasy from such earlier Allen films as Sleeper (1973) and Bananas (1971) with the more autobiographical musings of his stand-up and written comedy, using an array of such movie techniques as talking heads, splitscreens, and subtitles. Within these gleeful formal experiments and sight gags, Allen and co-writer Marshall Brickman skewered 1970s solipsism, reversing the happy marriage of opposites found in classic screwball comedies. Hailed as Allen's most mature and personal film, Annie Hall beat out Star Wars for Best Picture and also won Oscars for Allen as director and writer and for Keaton as Best Actress; audiences enthusiastically responded to Allen's take on contemporary love and turned Keaton's rumpled menswear into a fashion trend. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
Blu-ray, region A, 50GB dual layer, widescreen (1.85:1), Mono DTS-HD Master Audio; requires Blu-ray player.
In English with dubbed French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, or German dialogue; with optional English SDH, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, German, Dutch, or Polish subtitles.
Container lists languages as: English, Spanish or French dialogue; Spanish, French or English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon, Shelley Duvall, Christopher Walken, Colleen Dewhurst.
Edited by Ralph Rosenblum ; director of photography, Gordon Willis.
Originally produced in 1977.
Follows the story of neurotic comedian Alvy Singer and his girlfriend Annie Hall.
For private home use only.
MPAA rating: PG.