Celebrity (1998 Film)

Celebrity is a 1998 Woody Allen film that sheds light on the length some people will go to become famous...or stay famous. The film stars Melanie Griffith, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Winona Ryder.

Celebrity centers around a travel writer named Lee Simon who suffers a midlife crisis and enters the world of celebrity journalism after his divorce from long-time wife, Robin. Lee eventually becomes obsessed with fame while associating with key Hollywood players, and turns down several potentially profitable opportunities in search of stardom. However, his ex-wife, Robin, takes a different approach that leads to her own celebrity news program.

• Kenneth Branagh as Lee Simon

• Judy Davis as Robin Simon

• Joe Mantegna as Tony Gardella

• Winona Ryder as Nola

• Leonardo DiCaprio as Brandon Darrow

• Melanie Griffith as Nicole Oliver

• Charlize Theron as Supermodel

• Isaac Mizrahi as Bruce Bishop

• Hank Azaria as David

• Debra Messing as Reporter

• Gretchen Mol as Vicky

"The movie is filmed in black-and-white, but it's a far cry from his love poems Manhattan and Broadway Danny Rose. Celebrity is smaller, more cramped."—Jeffrey Anderson, Combustible Celluloidhttp://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/archive/celebrity.shtml

"Celebrity is about the tiny planets revolving around Hollywood's many suns, trying to absorb some heat. It's a cold universe nonetheless."—Rob Gonsalves, eFilmcritic.com http://efilmcritic.com/takeoverAd-efc.html?http://efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=975&reviewer=416