Woody Allen: A Documentary is the first attempt at documenting Allen’s life and creative process thanks to unprecedented access gained by Emmy winning and Oscar nominated director Robert Weide. For nearly a year and a half he followed the notoriously private film legend to create the ultimate cinematic biography, chronicling his career from teen writer to Sid Caesar’s TV scribe, from stand-up comedian to award-winning writer-director averaging one film-per-year for more than 40 years. Providing insights and back-story to the usually inscrutable director’s writing habits, casting, and relationships with his actors, the film presents a series of interviewees in the form of A-list stars, writing partners, family and friends. The list of participants could go on forever, but to just a name a few: Josh Brolin, Penelope Cruz, John Cusack, Larry David, Scarlett Johansson, Diane Keaton, Martin Landau, Sean Penn, Chris Rock, Martin Scorcese, Naomi Watts and Owen Wilson plus many more.
Chosen as ‘Film Of The Week’ by BBC Radio 5’s Floyd and Boyd, this is certainly a richly rewarding and insightful documentary that is not to be missed even if you are a film lover with only a general awareness of Allen’s work.
*An engaging and enjoyable film that’s a treat for Woody Allen fans. Recommended*
View London
*I could have watched this armada forever.*
Financial Times
Check out the trailer below:
Woody Allen: A Documentary (15) is one for ONE DAY ONLY on Monday 9th July at 2pm and at 7:45pm.
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