Manhattan
Comedy, Romance
MGM / UA  (1979) 96 mins R

8.0 (29,601 votes) Top 250: #230
"A masterpiece! [The] perfect blending of style and substance, humor and humanity." -Time Magazine

Nominated for two Academy Awards in 1979, and considered "one of Allen's most enduring accomplishments" (Boxoffice), Manhattan is a wry, touching and finely rendered portrait of modern relationships against the backdrop of urban alienation. Sumptuously photographed in black and white (Allen's first film in that format), and accompanies by a magnificent Gershwin score, Woody Allen's aesthetic triumph is a "prismatic portrait of a time and a place that may be studied decades hence" (Time Magazine). 42-year-old Manhattan native Isaac Davis (Allen) has a job he hates, a seventeen-year-old girlfriend, Tracy (Mariel Hemingway), he doesn't love, and a lesbian ex-wife, Jill (Meryl Streep), who's writing a tell-all book about their marriage...and whom he'd like to strang...

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Cast and Crew
Woody Allen  ......  Isaac Davis
Diane Keaton  ......  Mary Wilkie
Mariel Hemingway  ......  Tracy
Meryl Streep  ......  Jill Davis
Anne Byrne  ...... 
Michael Murphy  ......  Yale Pollack
Director  .....  Woody Allen
Producer  .....  Charles H. Joffe; Robert Greenhut
Writer  .....  Woody Allen; Marshall Brickman
Notes
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: Camera and crew reflected on passing cars while following Isaac running down the street. (more)

Trivia:
There are no opening credits. (more)

Filming Locations:
5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA (more)

Quotes:
Tracy: Let's fool around, it'll take your mind off it.
Isaac Davis: Hey, how many times a night can you, how, how often can you make love in an evening?
Tracy: Well, a lot.
Isaac Davis: Yeah! I can tell, a lot. That's, well, a lot is my favorite number.
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 15 nominations (more)