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The Greatest Film Directors and Their Resumes ~ Woody Allen

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By DJ Funktual



WOODY ALLEN

From 1966 to Present, he has made over 40 Films! He is also recognised as one of the most talented screenwriter's of all-time. His gift for comedy is steeped in tradition from slapstick & vaudeville to farce. His trademark of breaking the fourth wall and talking directly into the camera is stolen regularly.

  1. What's Up, Tiger Lily? '66 ~~~ In his debut he re-dubbed an old Japanese action movie International Secret Police: Key of Keys into a story about a secret recipe for egg salad.
  2. Take the Money and Run '69 ~~~ This film is presented as a documentary on the life of an incompetent, petty criminal named Virgil Starkwell.
  3. Bananas '71 ~~~ Dumped by activist girlfriend, Fielding Mellish travels to San Marcos where he ends up joining the rebels and eventually becomes President of the country.
  4. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask '72 ~~~ Movie that is very loosely based on the book by David Reuben which was his muse here.
  5. Sleeper '73 ~~~ Man comes out of cryostasis and explores the future. Orgasmatron Booths included.
  6. Love and Death '75 ~~~ Weird one about the Napoleonic invasion of Russia.
  7. Annie Hall '77 ~~~ The Classic Love Story! Best Picture - 1977 featuring Diane Keaton's Oscar winning performance.
  8. Interiors '78 ~~~ Unfunny homage to Ingmar Bergman's family and the consequences of divorce.
  9. Manhattan '79 ~~~ Our first glimpse into dating young girls is right here for all to see.
  10. Stardust Memories '80 ~~~ First real Auto-biographical movie.
  11. A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy '82 ~~~ Weekend party at the Summer House leads to various entanglements
  12. Zelig '83
  13. Broadway Danny Rose '84 ~~~ ZZZzzzzz
  14. The Purple Rose of Cairo '85 ~~~ About a movie character who falls in love with a member of the auduence and then walks out of the film into real life. Genius.
  15. Hannah and Her Sisters '86 ~~~ Dianne Wiest wins the first of 2 Oscars in this one.
  16. Radio Days '87
  17. September '87
  18. Another Woman '88
  19. New York Stories '89 (segment 'Oedipus Wrecks')
  20. Crimes and Misdemeanors '89
  21. Alice '90
  22. Shadows and Fog '92
  23. Husbands and Wives '92
  24. Manhattan Murder Mystery '93 ~~~ This one is half-genius.
  25. Bullets Over Broadway '94 ~~~ One of the Best! Oscar nominations for everyone. Chazz Palmintieri & Jennifer Tilly are a comic duo who should be re-united soon.
  26. Mighty Aphrodite '95 ~~~ About tracing the blood parents back to a funny prostitute played perfectly by Mira Sorvino.
  27. Everyone Says I Love You '96 ~~~ The MUSICAL with Alan Alda, Goldie Hawn, Drew Barrymore & Tim Roth. The funeral scene is one of my favorites.
  28. Wild Man Blues '97 (Documentary about the music behind the man)
  29. Deconstructing Harry '97 ~~~ Auto-biographical look at the guy who can't love anything meaningful except himself.
  30. Celebrity '98
  31. Sweet and Lowdown '99 ~~~ Sean Penn is brilliant in this story of Django Reinhardt's biggest competition.
  32. Small Time Crooks 2000 ~~~ Quite possibly the Funniest with Jon Lovitz, Hugh Grant, Tracey Ullman and Elaine May
  33. The Curse of the Jade Scorpion 2001 ~~~ Eh. Helen Hunt (READ: Not Funny at all) is hypnotized into loving arch-enemy Woody.
  34. Hollywood Ending 2002
  35. Anything Else 2003
  36. Melinda and Melinda 2004
  37. Match Point 2005 ~~~ Drama about a tennis pro and his lurid affair with sexy American played by Scarlett Johansson.
  38. Scoop 2006 ~~~ Scarlett's back and this time she is sleuthing a comedy about life and death.
  39. Cassandra's Dream 2007
  40. Vicky Cristina Barcelona 2008


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MM Del Rosario profile image

MM Del Rosario  says:
18 months ago

what a great achievement for woody allen....this is a great resource.

rmr profile image

rmr  says:
18 months ago

He's one of my faves! Sleeper is a classic.

DJ Funktual profile image

DJ Funktual  says:
18 months ago

Thanks for stopping by rmr.

This series will soon include

Martin Scorsese

Oliver Stone

Robert Altman

David Mamet

compu-smart profile image

compu-smart  says:
18 months ago

Woody Allen is such a funny, natural actor!

im looking forward to the rest of the series..

desert blondie profile image

desert blondie  says:
18 months ago

I haven't seen as many movies the last few years...what'd you think of Match Point? AND whoa! What a plethora of directors you have planned! Looking forward to these!

Woody Marx profile image

Woody Marx  says:
18 months ago

Great hub! :)

DJ Funktual profile image

DJ Funktual  says:
18 months ago

Thanks for stopping by everyone.

drummer boy profile image

drummer boy  says:
18 months ago

sounds good

Kosmo profile image

Kosmo  says:
11 months ago

"Manhattan" was his best. I like seeing all of his films listed. Apparently you didn't like some of them . . . .

Lgali profile image

Lgali  says:
11 months ago

He is funny and natural actor..

Wish you a Happy Holidays

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