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• Bullets Over Broadway, released on January 18, 1995, is a Woody Allen film starring John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Chazz Palminteri and Jennifer Tilly. It is a comedy about an aspiring playwright who ends up casting gangsters in his latest production. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning Best Supporting Actress for Tilly's performance.

• Fast Facts

  1. Release date: January 18, 1995 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109348/
  2. Director: Woody Allen http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109348/
  3. Writer: Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109348/
  4. Editor: Susan E. Morse http://www.allmovie.com/work/bullets-ove...
  5. Production company: Miramax Films http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109348/comp...
  6. Studio: Miramax Films http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109348/comp...
  7. Running time: 98 minutes http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109348/
  8. MPAA rating: R http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109348/
  9. Genre: Comedy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109348/

• Plot Synopsis

  The film is set in the 1920s in New York City as up-and-coming young playwright David Shayne (John Cusack) has written a new play. In order to get it produced, though, he accepts funding by gangster Nick Valenti (Joe Viterelli) under the condition that he cast Nick's girlfriend Olive Neal (Jennifer Tilly), a mediocre actress at best. Also part of the play are Nick's bodyguard Cheech (Chazz Palminteri), who takes over much of the play's production and Helen Sinclair (Dianne Wiest), a prima donna with whom David has an affair, cheating on his wife Ellen (Mary-Louise Parker). David becomes embroiled in conflicts with cast and true and must decide what price he truly puts on art.

• Cast

  • John Cusack as David Shayne
  • Dianne Wiest as Helen Sinclair
  • Jennifer Tilly as Olive Neal
  • Chazz Palminteri as Cheech
  • Mary-Louise Parker as Ellen
  • Jack Warden as Julian Marx
  • Joe Viterelli as Nick Valenti
  • Rob Reiner as Sheldon Flender
  • Tracey Ullman as Eden Brent
  • Jim Broadbent as Warner Purcell
  • Harvey Fierstein as Sid Loomis
  • Stacey Nelkin as Rita
  • Malgorzata Zajaczkowska as Lili
  • Charles Cragin as Rifkin
  • Nina Sonja Peterson as Josette

• Reviews

  "Writer-director Woody Allen mounts a lively farce (1994) set in Manhattan in 1928—in a milieu that interfaces prohibition gangsters with Broadway theater—and has a number of amusing things to say about the interactions between art and commerce, both seen here in their crasser forms."—Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Readerhttp://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/bullets-over-broadway/Film?oid=1056629

  "Bullets Over Broadway, now available on home video, is Woody Allen at his best -- a gem of a Broadway fable with a crafty premise, a raft of brilliant actors at the top of their form and a bouncy, just-for-pleasure attitude."—Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chroniclehttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1995/05/19/DD64359.DTL

  "The movie is very funny and, in the way it follows its logic wherever it leads, surprisingly tough."—Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Timeshttp://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19941028/REVIEWS/410280301/1023

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  Woody Allen | John Cusack | Dianne Wiest | Jennifer Tilly | Chazz Palminteri | Mary-Louise Parker | Rob Reiner | Tracey Ullman | Jim Broadbent

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