Manhattan (movie)

Manhattan
Directed by	Woody Allen
Written by	Woody Allen Marshall Brickman
Produced by	Charles H. Joffe
Starring	Woody Allen Diane Keaton Michael Murphy Mariel Hemingway Meryl Streep Anne Byrne
Cinematography	Gordon Willis
Edited by	Susan E. Morse
Music by	George Gershwin played by the New York Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta and the Buffalo Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	April 25, 1979 (1979-04-25)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$39,946,780

Manhattan is a 1979 American romantic comedy-drama movie by director Woody Allen. The movie is set in New York City. The movie is about Issac Davis (played by Allen), a divorced 42-year old dating a 17-year-old girl. His ex-wife is openly lesbian.

The movie was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress (Mariel Hemingway) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. It also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. The movie was #46 on American Film Institute's "100 Years...100 Laughs". In 2001, the United States Library of Congress said the movie was "culturally significant" and selected it to keep in the National Film Registry.

The movie had mostly positive reviews.

Cast

• Woody Allen as Isaac Davis
• Diane Keaton as Mary Wilkie
• Michael Murphy as Yale Pollack
• Mariel Hemingway as Tracy
• Meryl Streep as Jill
• Anne Byrne as Emily
• Michael O'Donoghue as Dennis
• Wallace Shawn as Jeremiah
• Karen Ludwig as Connie
• Charles Levin, Karen Allen, and David Rasche as Television actors
• Mark Linn-Baker and Frances Conroy as Shakespearean actors

Other websites

• Manhattan on IMDb