Manhattan

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

Cast

Woody Allen

as Isaac Davis

Diane Keaton

as Mary Wilkie

Michael Murphy

as Yale

Mariel Hemingway

as Tracy

Meryl Streep

as Jill

Anne Byrne Hoffman

as Emily

Karen Ludwig

as Connie

Michael O'Donoghue

as Dennis

Gary Weis

as Television Director

Kenny Vance

as Television Producer

Reviews

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Having seen this four or five times now since I was a kid, I can definitively say this is the best Woody Allen introduction for newcomers. Visually it's his best work (for those who don't know, the cinematographer Gordon Willis did The Godfather Parts 1 & 2 earlier the same decade, so it's no surpri...

Filipe Manuel Neto

**In the shadow of “Annie Hall”.** I decided to watch this film last week, after the visit that Woody Allen himself made to my country, with his jazz band and an interesting lecture at the National Cinematheque for invitations only. Despite having seen several of the director's films and not even...

CinemaSerf

Well guess what? It's Woody Allen as "Isaac" - a man facing a series of mid-life crises whilst trying to write a book. He's not the only one. Ex-wife turned lesbian "Jill" (Meryl Streep) is planning on writing her own kiss-and-tell (or more likely a punch-and-tell) whilst still getting her alimony a...

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