Annie Hall (1977)

Description:

The film is set in New York City and Los Angeles.

Allen plays Alvy Singer, a comedian obsessed with death, attempting to maintain a relationship with the ditzy but exuberant title character (played by Diane Keaton). The film chronicles their relationship over several years, intercut with various fantasy trips into each other's history (Annie is able to "see" Alvy's family when Alvy was only a child, and likewise Alvy observes Annie's past sexual relationships). In the flashbacks showing Alvy as a child, we learn that Alvy Singer grew up in Brooklyn. His father operated a bumper cars concession. He claims the family home was located below a roller coaster on Coney Island.

After several years, many arguments and many reconciliations, the two realize they are fundamentally different and split up. Annie moves in with a Hollywood record company executive (played by Paul Simon). Alvy eventually realizes he still loves her and tries to convince her to return with him to New York. He fails and, resignedly, returns home to write a drama about their relationship. Later, after they are able to meet on good terms as friends, Alvy ends the film by musing about how love and relationships are something we all require despite their often painful and complex nature.

[edit] Cast

* Woody Allen — Alvy Singer
* Diane Keaton — Annie Hall
* Tony Roberts — Rob
* Carol Kane — Allison Portchnik
* Paul Simon — Tony Lacey
* Shelley Duvall — Pam
* Janet Margolin — Robin
* Colleen Dewhurst — Mrs. Hall

The film features a number of appearances by actors and actresses who went on to later fame:

* Christopher Walken, in an early film role, plays Annie's creepy, suicidal brother Duane.
* Jeff Goldblum speaks one line as a man at an LA party phoning his guru: "I forgot my mantra."
* Sigourney Weaver can be briefly glimpsed as Alvy's date outside a theatre.
* Beverly D'Angelo plays one of the actors in Rob's TV show.
* Shelley Hack appears as part of the shallow street couple.
* John Glover appears as Annie Hall's previous boyfriend.
* Shelley Duvall as another date of Alvy who writes for Rolling Stone.

In the scene in which Alvy and Annie are observing passersby in the park and Alvy comments, "Oh, there goes the winner of the Truman Capote Look-Alike Contest," the passerby is actually Truman Capote, who appeared in the film uncredited.

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