Take the Money and Run (1969)

This film is presented as a documentary on the life of an incompetent, petty criminal called Virgil Starkwell... (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Woody Allen
Written By: Woody Allen, Mickey Rose
Starring: Woody Allen, Jackson Beck, Roy Engel, Louise Lasser, Lonny Chapman, Janet Margolin, Jan Merlin, Marcel Hillaire, Jacquelyn Hyde
Country: USA
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Take the Money and Run belongs to 18 collections
1. Features under 91 minutes (collaborative: moderated by epiphany - 56 stars)
2. Edgar Wright 1000 Favorite Movies (Aug 2016) (collaborative: moderated by Aron Ericson - 17 stars)
3. Mockumentary (collaborative - 12 stars)
4. AFI 100 Years... 100 Laughs (collaborative: moderated by iceblox - 8 stars)
5. Film Titles That Are Complete Sentences (collaborative: moderated by MacSwell - 7 stars)
6. Prison (collaborative: moderated by td888 - 5 stars)
7. Director/star combination (collaborative: moderated by djross - 5 stars)
8. Djross comedy of the year (public: djross - 2 stars)
9. Djross English-language feature film of the year (public: djross - 2 stars)
10. Prison break / jail break (collaborative: moderated by nauru - 1 star)
11. Cello / Cellist (collaborative: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer)
12. Marvin Hamlisch (composer) (collaborative: moderated by djross)
13. My DVDs/Blu-rays, for better or worse (public: Actionberg)
14. 1969: Year in Review (public: polanski28)
15. Filmspotting Ratings Project: Week 4 (public: PeaceAnarchy)
16. Films I watched in 2012 (public: jal90)
17. Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies (public: coldesser)
18. New Beverly Cinema (public: xmoffx)
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djross | 74 83rd |
One of his early, funny ones.
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BillyShears | 70 53rd |
The thing with this movie and its terrific title is that it's one of those movies where you love the premise you just wish there was less of the movie.
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Pickpocket | 6 55th |
Not bad, has some funny scenes. Despite its short length it really started to drag for me. Woody later perfected the mockumentary with Zelig, watch that instead unless you are a die hard Woody fan.
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JooJoo | 5 80th |
"William Hummers - wanted by the police for bank robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, murder, and getting naked in front of his in-laws. Franky Wolfe - wanted by federal authorities for dancing with a mailman. A.D. Armstrong - wanted all over the country for arson, robbery, assault with the intent to kill, and marrying a horse" Funny stuff. Has a strong start but this format is difficult to maintain.
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sebby | 60 45th |
Pretty one-note and the laughs are inconsistent.
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Luna6ix | 74 48th |
It really does have some extremely humorous ideas, but Woody fails to elaborate on them and they end up being funny set-ups with no follow through. The movie itself is mostly unfocused and amateurish, but no more than one would expect for so early in his career.
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closedmouth | 60 20th |
Very uneven with sections that drag pretty badly, but it's fun for Woody completists.
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Bagger | 78 74th |
Woody might not have found his own voice yet but this vaguely Pythonesque absurdism suits him.
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Average Percentile 57.23% from 1074 Ratings | ![]() |