Manhattan
MGM / UA (1979)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
In Collection
#8324
0*
Seen ItYes
027616851154
IMDB   8.0
1 hr 36 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   R
Woody Allen Isaac Davis
Diane Keaton Mary Wilkie
Michael Murphy Yale
Mariel Hemingway Tracy
Meryl Streep Jill
Anne Byrne Hoffman Emily
Karen Ludwig Connie
Michael O'Donoghue Dennis
Victor Truro Party Guest
Tisa Farrow Party Guest
Anne Byrne Emily
Director
Woody Allen
Producer Charles H. Joffe
Robert Greenhut
Jack Rollins
Writer Woody Allen
Marshall Brickman
Cinematography Gordon Willis


"A masterpiece! [The] perfect blending of style and substance, humor and humanity." -Time Magazine

Nominated for two Academy Awards in 1979, and considered "one of Allen's most enduring accomplishments" (Boxoffice), Manhattan is a wry, touching and finely rendered portrait of modern relationships against the backdrop of urban alienation. Sumptuously photographed in black and white (Allen's first film in that format), and accompanies by a magnificent Gershwin score, Woody Allen's aesthetic triumph is a "prismatic portrait of a time and a place that may be studied decades hence" (Time Magazine). 42-year-old Manhattan native Isaac Davis (Allen) has a job he hates, a seventeen-year-old girlfriend, Tracy (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 gateway to true love…is a revolving door.
Edition Details
Edition The Theatrical Version
Distributor MGM (Video & DVD)
Chapters 24
Release Date 2002
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles French; Spanish
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Mono
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Collectible Booklet
Original Theatrical Trailer