Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.

Woody Allen
as Harry Block

Judy Davis
as Lucy

Kirstie Alley
as Joan

Elisabeth Shue
as Fay Sexton

Billy Crystal
as Larry / The Devil

Bob Balaban
as Richard

Hazelle Goodman
as Cookie

Eric Lloyd
as Hilly

Caroline Aaron
as Doris

Richard Benjamin
as Ken
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The aptly named "Harry Block" (Woody Allen) is a seriously lapsed Jewish writer suffering from constipation of the typewriter. Adding to his woes is a nervousness about an impending honour from his alma mater (from where he was unceremoniously expelled) and the fact that his personal life makes Henr...