Radio Days

Radio Days is a Woody Allen film released on January 30, 1987. It stars Seth Green, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest and Danny Aiello. It tells the story of a Depression-era family who grows up with the radio as a constant backdrop. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Achievement in Art Direction and Best Original Screenplay.

The film, narrated by Woody Allen, tells the story of Joe, a Jewish boy growing up in New York City during The Great Depression. Joe escapes from reality through the radio shows he listens to and their endless host of characters, such as the Masked Avenger and Sally the Cigarette Girl. Meanwhile, aspiring radio star Sally White tries to break into the business, and the narrator's aunt Bea looks for love.

• Danny Aiello as Rocco

• Woody Allen as Narrator

• Leah Carrey as Grandma

• Jeff Daniels as Biff Baxter

• Larry David as Communist Neighbor

• Mia Farrow as Sally White

• Todd Field as Crooner

• Seth Green as Joe

• Kitty Carlisle Hart as Maxwell House radio jingle singer

• Paul Herman as Burglar

• Julie Kavner as Mother

• Diane Keaton as New Years' Singer

• Judith Malina as Mrs. Waldbaum

• William Magerman as Grandpa

• Kenneth Mars as Rabbi Baumel

"Woody Allen’s Radio Days (1987) may have seemed rather slight and lightweight at the time, but it’s a film that has stood the test of time well. Its seemingly casual nature masks a film of some complexity."'—Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpresshttp://www.mountainx.com/movies/review/radio_days

"Radio Days is among Woody's most masturbatory films, and that's sure saying something."—Bill Chambers, Film Freak Centralhttp://filmfreakcentral.net/dvdreviews/woodyradiodays.htm

"Radio Days (1987) is a pure nostalgic look back at Allen's youth listening to the radio, intercut with the glamorous lives of the radio stars. Another perfect mixture of laughs and heartbreak, it's one of the ones I can see over and over again."—Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloidhttp://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/classic/radiodays.shtml