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| Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  116 reviews
Sales Rank: 3476
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 96
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: M110923
ISBN: 0792846109
UPC: 027616851154
EAN: 9780792846109
ASIN: 0792846109
Theatrical Release Date: March 14, 1979
Release Date: July 5, 2000
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Woody Allen Diane Keaton Meryl Streep and Mariel Hemingway star in Woody Allen's extraordinary and funny film that explores the embattled life and loves of a successful New York comedy writer. The breathtaking cityscapes of Manhatten provide the ideal background for the lush music of George Gershwin. A joy for film lovers everywhere Manhatten is a comedy gem from a master of comedy. Year: 1979 Director: Woody Allen Starring: Woody Allen Diane Keaton Michael Murphy Mariel Hemingway Meryl Streep Anne ByrneSystem Requirements:Running Time: 96 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 027616851154 Manufacturer No: M110923
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Manhattan, Woody Allen's follow-up to Oscar-winning Annie Hall, is a film of many distinctions: its glorious all-Gershwin score, its breathtakingly elegant black-and-white, widescreen cinematography by Gordon Willis (best-known for shooting the Godfather movies); its deeply shaded performances; its witty screenplay that marked a new level in Allen's artistic maturity; and its catalog of Things that Make Life Worth Living. But Manhattan is also distinguished in the realm of home video as the first motion picture to be released only in a widescreen version. You wouldn't want to see it any other way. Allen's "Rhapsody in Gray" concerns, as his own character puts it, "people in Manhattan who are constantly creating these real, unnecessary, neurotic problems for themselves, because it keeps them from dealing with more unsolvable, terrifying problems about the universe." It's a romantic comedy about infidelity and betrayal, the rules of love and friendship, young girls (a radiant and sweet Mariel Hemingway) and older men (Allen), innocence, and sophistication. (a favorite phrase is used to describe a piece of sculpture at the Guggenheim: "It has a marvelous kind of negative capability.") The movie's themes can be summed up in two key lines: "I can't believe you met somebody you like better than me," and "It's very important to have some kind of personal integrity." OK, so they may not sound like such sparkling snatches of brilliant dialogue, but Manhattan puts those ideas across with such emotion that you feel an ache in your heart. --Jim Emerson
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 A Classic Piece of American Cinema January 8, 2009
Woody Allen's Manhattan is a classic piece of American cinema that is often overlooked and forgotten because it was overshadowed by the success of Allen's previous film Annie Hall. Manhattan is a darker examination of life in late 70's New York. The film focuses on the central issues of many of Allen's other films such as sexuality and monogamy, neurotic introspection, love and `the meaning of life before death.' Set to the backdrop of a nostalgic black and white film, Allen opens with the music of George Gershwin set to footage of Columbus Circle, Yankee Stadium, Central Park, Broadway, Times Square and everywhere else that life happens in New York. The story deals with a darker set of issues, relationships and personalities than Annie Hall does but is every bit (if not more) intriguing. Rather than following the course of one relationship from start to finish, Allen now focus on five people who are faced with decisions and opportunities to explore relationships within a circle that is, more often than not, unconventional. Allen has fallen in love with his closest friends' mistress behind his seventeen-year old girlfriends back. Allen's ex-wife, who has left him for another woman, has now written a tell-all-book about their marriage; a sub-plot clearly infused for the comedic aspect, but brilliantly done none-the-less! A professor, a Shakespearian student, a journalist and a writer compose the cast for a tale that are presented as neither right nor wrong, but instead indifferent. This film will not appeal to the mass audiences, nor does it offer the kind of closure, that Annie Hall did, but is a must for all fans of Allen or anyone interested in this unique period of time in New York.
Great Movie. Great Price! December 21, 2008
I am converting my movie collection from VHS format to DVD. I purchased Manhattan, one of my favorite films. The price was right and the DVD arrived quicly. A great transaction.
ONE OF WOODY'S BEST, BUT THE DVD HAS SOME PROBLEMS! October 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have always thought 'Manhattan' was one of Woody Allen's best films. Filmed in glorious black and white with many of Woody's staple players and a great performance by young Mariel Hemingway. The DVD has a good transfer, but I noticed that there is a slight pause between chapter breaks which is a little distracting! Too bad, it deserves a better treatment and these kinds of glitches are really inexcusable.
 The Most Interesting Part Is Seeing 1970's New York October 12, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Let the diatribe begin...again...
Is it any wonder the 1970's was once termed the era of the Me Generation? Not only are the characters in this film prime examples of that selfish bevy but I can't see Manhattan appealing to anyone other than those who either make up that mindset or else wish to study it. Let's be honest, most people are sheep, and if they're told something is masterpiece of art or literature or cinema, they believe it and cling to that belief with mastiff-like tenacity. I suspect that explains much about Woody Allen's alleged magnum opus, Manhattan.
I guess I'm having trouble seeing this film as a masterpiece. It was all right, I don't regret investing the time to see it, but a masterpiece? Many people cite the brilliance of its opening few minutes, but why does Woody Allen get credit for that when George Gershwin wrote the music, and the skyline of Manhattan was created by other people? Yes, adoring Woody Allen fans, I'm saying it: the filming of the scenery set to Rhapsody in Blue could as easily have been done by an educated media arts student. As for the plot, well, it was thin and seemed badly dated to my twenty-something sensibilities. Pampered pseudo-intellectuals "tawking" endlessly about how convoluted their amoral lives are? Sorry, that's been done and done and done, and for that matter, done better. And then there's the ethics of it all wherein a man teetering on the brink of post-middle age serially commits the statutory rape of a high school girl. Oh, I forgot, that's somehow avant-garde. Gee, I bet his lawyers loved that storyline back when the accusations of child molestation were flying, huh?
Yes, I know, I'm being a little mean here. Woody Allen is a witty soul who has given us a number of fine movies (about one film in six he's made) and since movie appreciation isn't the inarguable exactitude of mathematics, then appreciation others believe they have for this movie is valid in their own minds. I just can't see it...
Okay, fire away. I've got on my Kevlar dress...
 Manhattan review April 17, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
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