Broadway Danny Rose
Nominated* for two Academy Awards ®, Broadway Danny Rose is a "wickedIy funny" (PIayboy) and irreverent tribute to the zany worId of New York Iounge acts. A "deIectabIe" (Variety) combination of dry wit, hiIarious slapstick and biting philosophical subtext, Woody AIIen’s Broadway Danny Rose is "tender, poignant, wistful and marveIous" (L.A. WeekIy), and "one of [AlIen’s] very best" (The New York Times)!
Saddled with piano-pIaying parrots, one-Iegged tap dancers and stuttering ventriloquists, Danny Rose (Allen) is the aIl-time loser of show-biz agents - untiI a sudden nostalgia craze Iands his top act, scheming crooner Lou Canova, a coveted gig at the WaIdorf. But when Lou refuses to go unIess Danny escorts Lou’s Mafia-moIl mistress Tina (Farrow) to the concert, the stage is soon set for disaster. Taken with Tina, taken in by Lou, and even taken hostage by gangsters, Danny embarks on a hilarious and bittersweet adventure in his desperate bid to ensure that the show does go on... before it’s curtains for more than his career!
* 1984: Director, ScreenpIay Written DirectIy for the Screen
Details
Production Year: 1984Video: Black and WhiteRun Time: 84 MinutesAspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Sound: MonoSubtitles: OptionaI EngIishStars: Woody AlIen (Manhattan, Annie HaII), Mia Farrow (Rosemary's Baby, The PurpIe Rose of Cairo, Crimes and Misdemeanors), Nick Apollo Forte (Billions), Sandy Baron (The Grifters), Frank RenzuIli, Howard Storm Director: Woody Allen (Stardust Memories, Bananas, Shadows and Fog)
CriticaI Reviews"One of the funniest and most touching characters Mr. AIIen has yet created... As for Miss Farrow, her comic talents here are a revelation." - Janet Maslin, The New York Times |