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Woody Allen: A Documentary

Woody Allen: A Documentary

2011
Documentary
TV Movie
3h 12m
With unprecedented access, Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Robert Weide follows the film legend over a year and a half to create the ultimate biography. Beginning with Allen's childhood the film chronicles the trajectory and longevity of Allen's career, from his work as a TV scribe, standup comedian and frequent TV talk show guest, to a writer-director averaging one film-per-year for more than 40 years. (PBS)

Directed by:

Robert B. Weide
Robert-B-Weide
23 total credits
Credits include: How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Giver, Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm and Woody Allen: A Documentary
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Writer:

Robert B. Weide
Robert-B-Weide
23 total credits
Credits include: How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Giver, Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm and Woody Allen: A Documentary
polygon

Starring:

John Cusack
John-Cusack
96 total credits
He is, like most of his characters, an unconventional hero. Wary of fame and repelled by formulaic Hollywood fare, has built a successful career playing underdogs and odd men out.
polygon
,
Penélope Cruz
Penlope-Cruz
70 total credits
Actress Penélope Cruz rose to fame after a string of cult hits in Spain, including Jamón, Jamón and All About My Mother. She's become a favorite of maverick director Pedro Almódovar and it didn't take long for Hollywood to discover the talents of this Spanish beauty. In summer 2008, she stars in Woody Allen's Vicky Christina Barcelona.
polygon
,
Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett-Johansson
75 total credits
Her performance in "The Horse Whisperer" earned her a Hollywood Reporter Young Star award. Her acting career was launched in the off-Broadway production of "Sophistry" with Ethan Hawke.
polygon
,
Owen Wilson
Owen-Wilson
85 total credits
Owen Cunningham Wilson is an American actor and writer. Wilson debuted as an actor in the role of "Dignan" in the Wes Anderson film Bottle Rocket, which he co-wrote with Anderson. He also worked with Anderson as a creative collaborator on his next two directorial efforts, Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums, for which they were nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Wilson subsequently landed a role in The Cable Guy, directed by Ben Stiller...(Wikipedia)
polygon
,
Woody Allen
Woody-Allen
192 total credits
Woody Allen was born on December 1, 1935, as Allan Stewart Konigsberg, in Brooklyn, New York. At the age of 15, he started selling one-liners to gossip columns. After working a while as a stand up comedian, he was hired to write What's New Pussycat in 1965. He directed his first film a year later, What's Up, Tiger Lily? in 1966.
polygon
,
Dick Cavett
Dick-Cavett
19 total credits
Credits include: Beetlejuice, I Am Not Your Negro, Woody Allen: A Documentary, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired and The Great Buster
polygon
,
Josh Brolin
Josh-Brolin
74 total credits
Josh James Brolin is an American actor. He has acted in theater, film and television roles since 1985, and won acting awards for his roles in the films W., No Country for Old Men, Milk and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. He appeared in True Grit, a 2010 American Western film adaptation of the 1968 novel by Charles Portis... (Wikpedia)
polygon
,
Martin Scorsese
Martin-Scorsese
177 total credits
After serious deliberations about entering the priesthood - he entered a seminary in 1956 - Martin Scorsese opted to channel his passions into film. He graduated from NYU as a film major in 1964. Catching the eye of producer Roger Corman with his 1960s student films (including co-editing Woodstock (1970)), Scorsese directed the gritty exploiter Boxcar Bertha (1972). Mean Streets (1973) followed in 1973 and provided the benchmarks for the Scorsese style
polygon
,
Diane Keaton
Diane-Keaton
73 total credits
Diane Keaton (born Diane Hall) is an American film actress, director, producer, and screenwriter. Keaton began her career on stage, and made her screen debut in 1970. Her first major film role was as Kay Adams-Corleone in The Godfather (1972), but the films that shaped her early career were those with director and co-star Woody Allen beginning with Play It Again, Sam in 1972. Her next two films with Allen, Sleeper (1973) and Love and Death (1975), established her as a comic actor...(Wikipedia)
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,
Letty Aronson
Letty-Aronson
2 total credits
Credits include: Woody Allen: A Documentary and Wild Man Blues
polygon
,
Marshall Brickman
Marshall-Brickman
14 total credits
Credits include: Annie Hall, Manhattan, Sleeper, Manhattan Murder Mystery and Jersey Boys
polygon
,
Larry David
Larry-David
141 total credits
Credits include: Whatever Works, Seinfeld, Radio Days and Curb Your Enthusiasm
polygon

Genre:

Documentary

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Woody Allen: A Documentary

2011
Documentary
TV Movie
3h 12m
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Ratings & Reviews

Compact view
06 Jun 2012
50
40th
A standard documentary about Woody Allen's life. We follow him through his time as stand-up comedian all the way to Midnight in Paris, with the supplemental commentaries from his friends and his colleagues. It's all fun and dandy, but by god it's boring to sit and watch a documentary without any ambition at all. And the structure where they discuss his films is clumsy. Was great to know that Allen didn't particularly like Manhatten; who likes flaubert anyway?
11 Aug 2017
82
70th
Impossible to dislike, Allen's prolific career is without controversy (apart from that one thing) and this doco simply focuses on his work, which is pretty much an inspiration to watch. It doesn't hurt that Allen has still retained his sardonic humour in person and he conveys that through his modern-day segments explaining his craft, with his last line in this doco striking as particularly memorable and existentially amusing.
07 Nov 2015
55
45th
Can't wait for him to die so we can get the honest version.
25 Dec 2012
8
82nd
An affectionate look at Woody's career and life, almost too affectionate. Perfect for someone like me, a huge fan, but not if you don't really know much about the man. The last line really sums up his life perfectly: "everything I've ever wanted to accomplish I did, from becoming a movie star to playing jazz in New Orleans. So why do I feel I somehow got screwed?"
30 Jun 2012
65
72nd
Those familiar with the filmmaker and his work will not learn much new, and some of the cinema scholars really don't add much of anything, but it is always very enjoyable listening to Woody speak about his ideas, his films, his methods, and his life. Scorsese seemed to me to be slightly ambivalent. Saw the two-part version.
19 Jun 2024
2
11th
Can't stand Woody Allen
05 Nov 2015
36
28th
Woody Allen: a circlejerk. Somehow these things are getting to be more standard.
24 Oct 2014
75
65th
A review.
15 Jul 2014
60
49th
Entirely watchable, but it never really gets to the bottom of what makes him tick, and merely reinforces the suspicion that he is more of a superficial film maker than is often believed. It doesn't help that Allen often resists talking about his films at length, so in that sense he is a difficult subject, especially for an in-depth documentary, but the film doesn't even offer much close analysis of his work to compensate for the lack of personal reflection.
21 Apr 2014
4
91st
[1 part only, can't remember if it was 1 or 2] Hanging out, cut & pasting scripts -literally- and jamming on clarinet was fun. I really ought to watch some of his films then catch the whole thing.
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Cast & Info

Directed by:

Robert B. Weide
Robert-B-Weide
23 total credits
Credits include: How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Giver, Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm and Woody Allen: A Documentary
polygon

Writer:

Robert B. Weide
Robert-B-Weide
23 total credits
Credits include: How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Giver, Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm and Woody Allen: A Documentary
polygon

Starring:

John Cusack
John-Cusack
96 total credits
He is, like most of his characters, an unconventional hero. Wary of fame and repelled by formulaic Hollywood fare, has built a successful career playing underdogs and odd men out.
polygon
,
Penélope Cruz
Penlope-Cruz
70 total credits
Actress Penélope Cruz rose to fame after a string of cult hits in Spain, including Jamón, Jamón and All About My Mother. She's become a favorite of maverick director Pedro Almódovar and it didn't take long for Hollywood to discover the talents of this Spanish beauty. In summer 2008, she stars in Woody Allen's Vicky Christina Barcelona.
polygon
,
Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett-Johansson
75 total credits
Her performance in "The Horse Whisperer" earned her a Hollywood Reporter Young Star award. Her acting career was launched in the off-Broadway production of "Sophistry" with Ethan Hawke.
polygon
,
Owen Wilson
Owen-Wilson
85 total credits
Owen Cunningham Wilson is an American actor and writer. Wilson debuted as an actor in the role of "Dignan" in the Wes Anderson film Bottle Rocket, which he co-wrote with Anderson. He also worked with Anderson as a creative collaborator on his next two directorial efforts, Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums, for which they were nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Wilson subsequently landed a role in The Cable Guy, directed by Ben Stiller...(Wikipedia)
polygon
,
Woody Allen
Woody-Allen
192 total credits
Woody Allen was born on December 1, 1935, as Allan Stewart Konigsberg, in Brooklyn, New York. At the age of 15, he started selling one-liners to gossip columns. After working a while as a stand up comedian, he was hired to write What's New Pussycat in 1965. He directed his first film a year later, What's Up, Tiger Lily? in 1966.
polygon
,
Dick Cavett
Dick-Cavett
19 total credits
Credits include: Beetlejuice, I Am Not Your Negro, Woody Allen: A Documentary, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired and The Great Buster
polygon
,
Josh Brolin
Josh-Brolin
74 total credits
Josh James Brolin is an American actor. He has acted in theater, film and television roles since 1985, and won acting awards for his roles in the films W., No Country for Old Men, Milk and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. He appeared in True Grit, a 2010 American Western film adaptation of the 1968 novel by Charles Portis... (Wikpedia)
polygon
,
Martin Scorsese
Martin-Scorsese
177 total credits
After serious deliberations about entering the priesthood - he entered a seminary in 1956 - Martin Scorsese opted to channel his passions into film. He graduated from NYU as a film major in 1964. Catching the eye of producer Roger Corman with his 1960s student films (including co-editing Woodstock (1970)), Scorsese directed the gritty exploiter Boxcar Bertha (1972). Mean Streets (1973) followed in 1973 and provided the benchmarks for the Scorsese style
polygon
,
Diane Keaton
Diane-Keaton
73 total credits
Diane Keaton (born Diane Hall) is an American film actress, director, producer, and screenwriter. Keaton began her career on stage, and made her screen debut in 1970. Her first major film role was as Kay Adams-Corleone in The Godfather (1972), but the films that shaped her early career were those with director and co-star Woody Allen beginning with Play It Again, Sam in 1972. Her next two films with Allen, Sleeper (1973) and Love and Death (1975), established her as a comic actor...(Wikipedia)
polygon
,
Letty Aronson
Letty-Aronson
2 total credits
Credits include: Woody Allen: A Documentary and Wild Man Blues
polygon
,
Marshall Brickman
Marshall-Brickman
14 total credits
Credits include: Annie Hall, Manhattan, Sleeper, Manhattan Murder Mystery and Jersey Boys
polygon
,
Larry David
Larry-David
141 total credits
Credits include: Whatever Works, Seinfeld, Radio Days and Curb Your Enthusiasm
polygon

Genre:

Documentary

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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