annie hall
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, n?e Diane Hall). [1]
Annie Hall (1977), from director-actor-co-writer Woody Allen, is a quintessential masterpiece of priceless, witty and quotable one-liners within a matured, focused and thoughtful film. [2]
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. [3]
Including posters, Academy Awards history, film genres, film terms, film history by decade, trivia, and lots of lists of ‘best’ films, stars, scenes, quotes, resources, etc. [2]
Woody Allen ’s romantic comedy of the Me Decade follows the up and down relationship of two mismatched New York neurotics. [1]
That is until he meets Annie, brilliantly played by Diane Keaton, who is beautiful, fashion-savvy, carefree (she likes using expressions like.la di da’), and a terrible driver. [...] Neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall. [4]
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. [3]
In contrast, this urban dramatic comedy, his best-loved work, marked a major transition. [2]
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. [3]
The film, not a standard chronological narrative, presents the free-association memories of a one-year long romance with Annie Hall (Diane Keaton) that is already over. [2]
Allen’s best, and one of the best films ever., 17 March 2003 [4]
With descriptive review commentaries and background history on many classic, landmark films in cinematic history, especially American/Hollywood films. [...] After the silent opening credits (influenced by director Martin Ritt’s film The Front (1976), starring Woody Allen), the opening scene has the main character (indistinguishable from Woody Allen himself, dressed in a tweed jacket, red plaid shirt, and his black-framed spectacles) speaking intimately and directly to the audience viewer in a full, stark closeup. [...] His over-protective, over-achieving, and panicked Jewish mother (Joan Newman) has brought her young and insecure, but precocious, bespectacled 9 year old son Alvy Singer (Jonathan Munk) to a doctor. [2]
Sources:
[1] Annie Hall (1977) - MSN Movies
[2] Greatest Films: Annie Hall (1977)
[3] Annie Hall - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com
[4] Annie Hall (1977) - IMDb