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Often considered the crown jewel in a highly acclaimed and prolific film career, ANNIE HALL is Woody Allen's only film to have won the Academy Award for Best Picture. This recognition, however, is not what makes the film significant. ANNIE HALL marks the beginning of the second phase of Allen's career as a filmmaker, abandoning the slapstick of SLEEPER and BANANAS for more thoughtful comedies (and eventually dramas) that explored human relationships and psychology. Allen's capacity as a creative filmmaker had also grown with the film, as he utilized creative subtitles, split screens, and animation, as well as evincing a sophisticated understanding of the potential of editing and camera movement for comic effect--consider the cutaway to Allen's character Alvy Singer, as seen through the eyes of "Grammy Hall" during the dinner sequence, or shortly afterward the slow pan to Alvy in the passenger seat of a car driven by Annie's unhinged brother Duane.
The film is a brutally honest assessment of the prospects of a relationship between two very different people. Allen's Alvy is (like the filmmaker himself) an introverted, neurotic intellectual and a complete mismatch for Diane Keaton's vivacious, flaky Annie Hall. Although the romance is undoubtedly the center of the film, it affords Allen the opportunity to contrast his beloved New York culture with that of the Midwest, where Annie comes from, and Los Angeles, which tempts Annie with the possibility of fame and success as a singer. The city of New York itself plays an important part for the first time in an Allen film, with a great deal of location shooting that serves to highlight the city's character and atmosphere. Finally, the many comedic cameos peppered through the film--from Truman Capote to Paul Simon to media theorist Marshall McLuhan--pay tribute to the deserved reputation that Allen had gained for himself.
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Region 1
Keep Case
Letterbox -
1.85
Widescreen -
1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono 2.0 - English
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
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Production Notes
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- Winner, 1977 Academy Awards: Best Picture
- Winner, 1977 Academy Awards: Best Director - Woody Allen
- Winner, 1977 Academy Awards: Best Original Screenplay - Woody Allen
- Winner, 1977 Academy Awards: Best Actress - Diane Keaton
- Winner, 1977 Academy Awards: Best Original Screenplay - Marshall Brickman
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- Noise Reduction - Dolby
- Recording Mode - Mono
- Closed Captioned
- Color - Color
- Widescreen
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