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Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte, Sandy Baron, Corbett Monica
The career of a small-time Broadway talent agent whose roster of hopeless clients and bad luck send him on a series of adventures is recalled by some old Catskills comedians swapping tales at Jewish d...( read more
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Woody Allen as Rose manages a rag tag group of talent. The sort of talents his clients have are humorous in a young-Woody-Allen-movie kind of way. Mia Farrow impressed me with her attitude and accent. Also with the big hair and sun glasses she was hardly recognizable. This wa...( read more)
woody as a small-time talent agent, one of the best incarnations of his trademark lovable loser in one of his most underrated films. great performance by mia farrow, almost unrecognizable in those huge glasses. a gem from the 80's in beautiful black & white
Woody Allen at the top of his game. Cinematographer Gordon Willis is a God.
''I'll let you have her at the old price, which is anything you want to give her."
Very typically Woody Allen, which is a good thing. Wonderfully filmed in black and white, it has a great atmosphere and feel. Excellent writing. It's funny, touching and always a pleasure to watch. The cast does an excellent job. Great pace, superbly directed.
Danny Rose is probably the less "himself character" that Woody Allen has already played and Mia Farrow is a surprise. Forget her tiny voice and sweet characters; Tina Vitale is far away of any other role Farrow took in any Allen´s movie.
Whenever I get a chance to see a Woody Allen flick I havn?t seen I jump at it, someday I?ll have seen every movie in his out of control filmography. This one is a film I?m not too sad I waited so long to see because it?s clearly second rate. The angle of a film about a talent a...( read more)
