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Title

  • Manhattan

Summary

  • Describes the relationships of Isaac Davis, a successful New York television comedy writer, aged 42, with a variety of other New Yorkers: his mistress, Tracy, his ex-wife, Jill, his best friend, Yale, Yale's wife, Emily, and Yale's lover, Mary.

Names

  • Allen, Woody, 1935- direction, writing, cast.
  • Joffe, Charles H., production.
  • Brickman, Marshall, writing.
  • Willis, Gordon, 1931-2014, camera.
  • Keaton, Diane, cast.
  • Murphy, Michael, 1938- cast.
  • Hemingway, Mariel, cast.
  • Streep, Meryl, cast.
  • Kronenfeld, Anne Byrne, cast.
  • Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions.
  • LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
  • AFI/Sonneborn (Jonathan) Collection (Library of Congress)
  • United Artists Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : United Artists Corporation, 1979 ; United States : MGM/UA Home Video, [1991].

Headings

  • -  Interpersonal relations--Drama
  • -  Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Drama

Genre

  • Romance films
  • Feature films
  • Videodiscs

Notes

  • -  PA31-598 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: United Artists Corporation. Appl. au.: Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions. DCR 1979; PUB 20Apr79; REG 15May79; PA31-598.
  • -  Executive producer, Robert Greenhut; Director of photography, Gordon Willis ; film editor, Susan E. Morse ; music, George Gershwin ; performed by the New York Philharmonic ; conducted by Zubin Mehta.
  • -  Woody Allen (Isaac Davis), Diane Keaton (Mary Wilke), Michael Murphy (Yale), Mariel Hemingway (Tracy), Meryl Streep (Jill), Anne Byrne (Emily), Karen Ludwig (Connie), Michael O'Donoghue (Dennis).
  • -  Videodisc reissue date is copyright date for package design.
  • -  Videodisc number on spine: ML102242.
  • -  Videodisc contains the original theatrical trailer.
  • -  Widescreen aspect ratio reduced to standard on 16 mm. print.
  • -  Condition of 16 mm. film: good.
  • -  Theatrical projection print was donated when this film was selected for the National Film Registry.
  • -  MAVIS 195999; Manhattan.
  • -  Filmed in New York.
  • -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
  • -  Sources used: New York times, 4/25/79, p. C-17; Videodisc packaging; AFI Archives database.
  • -  Received: 10/1/1996; viewing copy; purchase, paperwork in ACQ: LC Purchase, 1996 file; LC Purchase Collection.
  • -  Received: 10/25/93; 16mm. viewing print; gift, ATM 179; AFI/Sonneborn (Jonathan) Collection.
  • -  Received: 8/9/1979; 35 mm. viewing print; copyright deposit--RNR; Copyright Collection.
  • -  Received: 9/7/2004; theatrical projection print; gift; MGM Collection.
  • -  35 mm. viewing print cataloging data from M/B/RS manual catalog file; film previously viewed.

Medium

  • 1 laserdisc of 1 (optical) (96 min.) : letterbox, sd., b&w ; 12 in. viewing copy.
  • 2 reels of 2 (ca. 3000 ft.) : sd., b&w ; 16 mm. viewing print.
  • 10 reels of 10 on 5 (93 min.) (8635 ft.) : sd., b&w ; 35 mm. viewing print.
  • 10 reels of 10 on 5 (93 min.) (8635 ft.) : sd., b&w ; 35 mm. theatrical projection print.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DAA 3365 (viewing copy)
  • FDA 9863-9864 (viewing print)
  • FGD 5563-5567 (viewing print)
  • FQC 3052-3056 (theatrical projection print)

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 86707339

Online Format

  • web page
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Allen, Woody, Direction, Writing, Cast, Marshall Brickman, Gordon Willis, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep, et al. Manhattan. produceds by Joffe, Charles H.Uction [United States: United Artists Corporation, ; United States: MGM/UA Home Video, 1991, 1979] Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/86707339/.

APA citation style:

Allen, W., Brickman, M., Willis, G., Keaton, D., Murphy, M., Hemingway, M. [...] Copyright Collection. (1979) Manhattan. Joffe, C. H. U., prod [United States: United Artists Corporation, ; United States: MGM/UA Home Video, 1991] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/86707339/.

MLA citation style:

Allen, Woody, Direction, Writing, Cast, et al. Manhattan. prod by Joffe, Charles H.Uction [United States: United Artists Corporation, ; United States: MGM/UA Home Video, 1991, 1979] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/86707339/>.