Woody Allen is not afraid to cast unknown actors in significant roles – usually over more established names. One of the earliest examples of this was Broadway Danny Rose. Allen and his long time casting directing Juliet Taylor found Nick Apollo Forte and put him in a lead role. His family has now said that […]
Video Essay: 10 Things About Woody Allen’s Bananas (1971)
We’re making our way through Allen’s filmography for our book – The Woody Allen Pages Watcher’s Guide. Volume 1 features Bananas, Allen’s 1971 film, and one his beloved early comedies. It celebrates 45 years this year, and we’ve pulled out the most interesting bits of trivia from the film for our second video essay. How […]
Mar News Bits 2: Garry Shandling, Barbara Hershey, Sylvester Stallone, Charlie Kaufman And More
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This is the 88th edition! We were as sad as everyone else when we heard that Gary Shandling had died, at just 66. He was a comedy legend, and we loved him in The Larry Sanders Show in particular. He […]
Sep News Bits 2: Piermont, Jeff Daniels, Jimmy Carter, Ridley Scott, Phil Rosenthal, John Grant And More
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. This year marks the 30th anniversary of The Purple Rose Of Cairo. That means it has been 30 years since Allen and his crew bundled into the town of Piermont and turned it into the 1930s. The town is celebrating […]
“Wonderfully Subversive” – Antz – The Woody Allen Pages Review
Antz takes the honour of being the most financially successful film in Woody Allen’s career. Made at a time when the idea of animation changed radically, Allen starred as an ant with big ideas to change his own station. This family friendly film still holds up, with a classic hero’s story and some pretty great […]
VOTW: Before They Were Famous And In Woody Allen Films
This week’s video is another super cut – a mix of scenes from various films. This one is all Woody Allen films and features dozens of actors before they were famous. Even we were surprised by some of these. Some of the cameos we simply didn’t spot. Watch the video before you see the full […]
VOTW: Insults Supercuts
We came across another interesting supercut – fan made videos featuring many films – this week. It’s a supercut of varous insults and cursing from great films – 400 films in 5 minutes! Woody Allen features in a prominent place. We’ve featured Jonathan Keogh’s work before. And once again he saw it fit to end […]
“A Victim Of Its Time”: Bananas – The Woody Allen Pages Review
Bananas is the second film written, directed and starring Woody Allen. It is a straight farcical comedy, about a man who gets caught up in a revolution of a small fictional country of San Marcos. Allen stars as Fielding Mellish, although he plays pretty much the same character, or kind of character, that he does […]