Rent Manhattan (1979)

3.8 of 5 from 286 ratings
1h 32min
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Synopsis:
Forty-two-year-old Manhattan native Isaac Davis (Allen) has a job he hates, a seventeen-year-old girlfriend (Mariel Hemingway) he doesn't love, and a lesbian ex-wife Jill (Meryl Streep) who's writing a tell-all book about their marriage... and whom he'd like to strangle. But when he meets his best friend's sexy, intellectual mistress, Mary (Diane Keaton), Isaac falls head over heels in lust! Leaving Tracy, bedding Mary and quitting his job are just the beginning of Isaac's quest for romance and fulfillment in a city where sex is as intimate as a handshake - and the gate to true love... is a revolving door.
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Charles H. Joffe, Jack Rollins
Writers:
Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman
Others:
Robert De Niro, Jack Higgins, Susan E Morse, James Sabat, Gordon Willis, Dan Sable
Studio:
MGM
Genres:
Classics, Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Awards:

1980 BAFTA Best Screen Play

1980 BAFTA Best Film

BBFC:
Release Date:
10/07/2000
Run Time:
96 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, French Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, German Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, Italian Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
Subtitles:
Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, German Hard of Hearing, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
B & W
Bonus:
  • Original Theatrical Trailer
  • Interactive Menu
  • Scene Access
BBFC:
Release Date:
26/08/2013
Run Time:
92 minutes
Languages:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
B & W
BLU-RAY Regions:
(0) All
Bonus:
  • Theatrical Trailer

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Reviews (1) of Manhattan

The City as Star. - Manhattan review by Steve

Spoiler Alert
Updated 11/10/2021

A group of successful New York intellectuals is unable to apply the ethics and philosophy they constantly reference to their own lives in even the most basic way. Their narcissistic, moral shiftiness is sugared by some witty dialogue, Gordon Willis' gorgeous black and white Panavison, and the Gerschwin score. But Manhattan is a  dark film.

Their hypocrisy contrasts with Tracy (Mariel Hemingway), Woody's younger girlfriend, who is the only character able to apply a system of values to her actual choices. Isaac (Woody Allen) is quite an amoral anti-hero. But Tracy gives the film its optimism, including the the sweet wisdom of that fabulous closing line.

The hero of the film is Manhattan Island magnificently captured for posterity. Including that famous shot of Isaac and Mary (Diane Keaton) against the 59th Street Bridge at dawn. The film overwhelms with its tide of romanticism and nostalgia.

The performances are brilliant and the humour is sharp: 'My analyst warned me, but you were so beautiful I got another analyst'. Diane Keaton is always special in a Woody Allen film. Possibly the beauty of its surface has obscured its distressed depths. But that makes it a fascinating film to rediscover.

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