I was actually reminded of it while watching cafe society, which has a great deal in common with broadway danny rose in terms of plot and characters. If you dont like him, this wont be the film that will change your mind. He actually shot roles, that were cut from the final product, and he turned down many roles including for the sopranos. Broadway danny rose woody allen played an agent of subpar variety acts a onelegged tapdancer, a blind xylophonist who becomes embroiled with the mob in the comedy broadway danny rose 1984. Broadway danny rose gabe johnson august 15, 2010 a.
In his attempts to reconcile a lounge singer with his mistress, a hapless talent agent is mistaken as her lover by a jealous gangster. Sweeter, more gently humorous, and more hopeful than his later film crimes and misdemeanors 1989, woody allens broadway danny rose covers similar moral ground the notion of guilt and responsibility and although not nearly as big a critical and commercial hit as the former film, it remains one of his most admired movies and danny one of allens most likeable onscreen creations. If you like broadway danny rose you might like similar movies radio days, crimes and misdemeanors, husbands and wives, the purple rose of cairo, bullets over broadway. Broadway danny rose on dvd 027616860446 from mgm ua.
A smaller, amusing comedy from writerdirector woody allen, broadway danny rose begins with a bunch of show business vets sitting around a table at new yorks carnegie deli and reminiscing about the legendary titular character, a loser of an agent who would represent anyone, including blind xylophonists, pianoplaying birds, and hasbeen crooners with drinking problems. Broadway danny rose uses all of the basic ingredients of damon runyons broadway. When he has a spat with his outrageous mafia mistress, the faithful agent must venture to mobinfested new jersey to patch it up. Not as ambitious as zelig or stardust memories, some thought it a kind of retrograde enterprise no elaborate aping of european directors, no indulging of cinematic tricks. Oct 28, 2011 woody allen in broadway danny rose let me explain. The one decent client he has, an entertainer named lou, hopes to impress comedian. Broadway danny rose 1984 danny rose woody allen is a manager of artists, and although hes not very successful, he nevertheless goes out of his way to help his acts. Broadway danny rose the films of woody allen pictures. Aug 03, 2016 agita broadway danny rose music of woody allen films august 3, 2016 3 comments music of woody allen films an irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make allens films sing. So when lou canova, a singer who has a chance of making a comeback, asks danny to help him with a problem, danny helps him. The film stars allen as the titular character, as well as mia farrow and nick apollo forte.
Broadway danny rose the official website of woody allen. Twilight time twilight83br country united states format dvd release date 8apr2014 upn 851789003825. Borschtbelt comics recall a talent agents escapades with a lounge singers mistress. Broadway danny rose, like all of allens best movies, is a new york movie. Scott looks at woody allens nostalgic meditation on smalltime show business in new york city. November 6, 2001 i need a valium the size of a hockey puck. A smalltime agent, whose client list reads like a circus sideshow, tries to boost the career of a hasbeen, 50s singer on the comeback trail. Two of them machete and hobo with a shotgun have been turned into full length movies. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. I last saw broadway danny rose about 20years ago and it was one of those films that seem to stick with you, i have to say after watching it again recently that its lost none of its charm, it has all the ingredients of a great woody allen film, a cleverfunny story with a great cast, with the highlight being woody playing danny rose. It stars leonards thenwife mae murray and monte blue. Broadway danny rose is a 1984 american blackandwhite comedy film written and directed by woody allen.
Watch broadway danny rose 1984 full movie free online. Danny is an optimistic guy, a man with blind faith in. Broadway rose is a 1922 american silent romantic drama film released by metro pictures and directed by robert z. It may seem odd to find these large virtues in what, in the end, is a blackandwhite film about a twobit variety agent, but they are embedded. Theres a great scene with some helium though, that displays some dumb humor, and was actually the funny part of the whole film. Agita broadway danny rose music of woody allen films. Yet, broadway danny rose would be fortes only film role.
Allens perfect as a smalltime, goodhearted broadway talent agent, giving his all for a roster of hopeless clients. If you like him, this is worth a look as are all of his films. It follows a hapless theatrical agent who, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. Still, to appreciate a character like danny rose you have to watch him as portrayed by woody allen. The deli where the group of old comics recounts the tale of failed theatrical agent danny rose woody allen is the carnegie deli, 854 seventh avenue, near west 54th street, new york. Broadway danny rose 1984 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Film broadway danny rose is a simple, irresistible comedy from woody allen that features one of his most memorable starring roles. The new york deli, it claims to serve the best pastrami and corned beef in the world, and they do serve a broadway danny rose sandwich. With woody allen, mia farrow, nick apollo forte, sandy baron. Get broadway danny rose dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats. Danny rose is a manager of artists, and although hes not very successful, he nevertheless goes out of his way to help his acts. Nick also claims he earned an academy award nomination for broadway danny rose, which per wikipedia is a lie. Staring nick apollo forte, mia farrow and woody allen. One of the best films from woody allens underrated early 80s period, broadway danny rose immediately suggests the slightness of a midsummer nights sex comedy but eventually reveals itself as a more substantive work thanks largely to allens performance in the title role.
Broadway danny rose is a nice sidetrip on woody allens path of selfexpression in the 1980s. He looked at several other roles, none of which worked out. The film is based on an original story by edmund goulding written for star murray, and was produced by leonards and murrays production company tiffany pictures. A midsummer nights sex comedy 1982, shadows and fog 1991, hollywood ending 2002, small time crooks 2000, zelig 1983. It starts at the carnegie deli, with comedians sitting around a table trading danny rose stories, and then it flashes back to the best danny rose story of them all, about how danny signed up this hasbeen alcoholic tenor and carefully nurtured his career back to the brink of stardom. Well refund your credit card or we can credit your fandango account to use for another movie. Woody allens broadway danny rose the new york times. The film stars allen as the titular character, as well as mia farrow and nick apollo forte broadway danny rose was screened out of competition at the 1984 cannes film.
Trailer a hapless talent manager named danny rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. Broadway danny rose is a typical woody allen comedy with witty dialogues, intelligent satire and irony that bring out laughs and smiles from the viewer while addressing recurring themes such as infidelity, remorse or death. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at new yorks carnegie deli. Jan 27, 1984 broadway danny rose, which opens today at the beekman, the new yorker and loews 34th street showcase, proceeds so sweetly and so illogically that it seems to have been spun, not constructed. A smalltime ny talent agents one promising act is an overweight, overthehill lounge singer.
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