Broadway Danny Rose [Blu-ray]

Director: Woody Allen Woody Allen

Overview

A smaller, amusing comedy from writer/director Woody Allen, Broadway Danny Rose begins with a bunch of show business vets sitting around a table at New York's Carnegie Deli and reminiscing about the legendary titular character, a loser of an agent who would represent anyone, including blind xylophonists, piano-playing birds, and has-been crooners with drinking problems. Allen plays Rose as a befuddled, warm-hearted schlub who finally has a shot at getting somewhere when he signs washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova (Nick Apollo Forte) and nearly brings his career back to life. Danny gets him a date at the Waldorf, where Milton Berle is in the audience, looking for guests for his TV special. Canova has a complicated love life, juggling both a wife and a girlfriend. so he enlists Danny to take the girlfriend, Tina Vitale (Mia Farrow), to the concert. But Canova and Tina have a fight, she goes back to her Mafioso boyfriend, and Danny winds up getting chased halfway around New York and New Jersey by the Mob. And of course, once Canova gets his big break, he dumps Danny for another agent. Allen, Forte, and especially Farrow all do strong work with characters that could have easily become stereotypes, and the film has a lighter, warmer touch than the Allen films that preceded it (Stardust Memories and Zelig).

Product Details

Release Date:	10/18/2022
UPC:	0850035985311
Original Release:	1984
Rating:	PG
Source:	Sandpiper Pictures
Language:	English
Time:	1:24:00
Sales rank:	13,900

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Woody Allen	Danny Rose
Nick Apollo Forte	Lou Canova
Mia Farrow	Tina Vitale
Sandy Baron	Himself
Corbett Monica	Himself
Craig Vandenburgh	Ray
Herb Reynolds	Barney,Manager's Friend
Paul Greco	Vito
Frank Renzulli	Joe
Edwin Bordo	Johnny Rispoli
Gina DeAngelis	Johnny's Mother
Peter Castellotti	Hood at Warehouse
Sandy Richman	Teresa
Gerald Schoenfeld	Sid Bacharach
Olga Barbato	Angelina
David Kissel	Phil Chomsky
Gloria Parker	Water-Glass Virtuoso
Bob Weil	Herbie Jayson
David Kieserman	Ralph
Mark Hardwick	Blind Xylophonist
Alba Ballard	Bird Lady
Maurice Shrog	Hypnotist
Belle Berger	Lady in Trance
Herschel Rosen	Lady's Husband
Cecilia Amerling	Fan in Dressing Room
Maggie Ranone	Lou's Daughter
Charles D'Amodio	Lou's Son
Joie Gallo	Angelina's Assistant
Carl Pistilli	Tommy's Brother
Lucy Iacono	Tommy's Mother
Julia Barbuto	Tropical Fish Lady
Anna Sceusa	Lady at Angelina's
Nicholas Pantano	Greeters at Party,Greeters at Party
Tony Turca	Rocco
Gilda Torterello	Annie
Ronald Maccone	Vincent
Antoinette Raffone	Vincent's Wife
Michael Badalucco	Money Ripper
Richard Lanzano	Money Ripper
Dom Matteo	Carmine
Leo Steiner	Deli Owner
George Axler	Fan at Waldorf
William Paulson	Fan at Waldorf
Diane Zolten	Fan at Waldorf
Sid Winter	Actor
John Doumanian	Waldorf Manager
Betty Rosotti	Lady at Party
Sheila Bond	Lady at Party
Camille Saviola	Lady at Party
Jackie Gayle	Himself
Morty Gunty	Himself
Will Jordan	Himself
Howard Storm	Himself
Jack Rollins	Himself,Actor,Actor
Joe Franklin	Himself
Howard Cosell	Himself
Milton Berle	Himself
Tony Turco	Rocco
Danny Aiello	Actor
Dick Hyman	Composer

Technical Credits

Woody Allen

Woody Allen	Director,Screenwriter
Robert Greenhut	Producer
Charles H. Joffe	Executive Producer,Producer
Jack Rollins	Executive Producer
Jack Rollins	Producer
Michael Peyser	Producer
James Sabat	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

One of the best films from Woody Allen's underrated early '80s period, Broadway Danny Rose immediately suggests the slightness of A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy but eventually reveals itself as a more substantive work thanks largely to Allen's performance in the title role. As an actor, Allen may be capable of offering only minor variations on the persona developed in his stand-up routine, but here he comes up with one of his most poignant -- a man kept from the bigtime not from some inherent flaw but through his own selflessness. The film also allows Mia Farrow a good deal more freedom than she has been granted in any other Allen outing: too much, it might be argued, during her gangster moll character's broader moments, but she manages a funny performance nonetheless. A borderline slapstick climax doesn't quite work, but by that point it doesn't quite matter: Allen has crafted a film that's immediately charming and, in the end, unexpectedly moving.

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