Radio Days (1987) 7.6
A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium. Director:Woody AllenWriter:Woody Allen |
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Radio Days (1987) 7.6
A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium. Director:Woody AllenWriter:Woody Allen |
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Mike Starr | ... |
Burglar
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Paul Herman | ... |
Burglar
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Don Pardo | ... |
'Guess That Tune' Host
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Martin Rosenblatt | ... |
Mr. Needleman
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Helen Miller | ... |
Mrs. Needleman
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Danielle Ferland | ... |
Child Star
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Julie Kavner | ... |
Tess, the mother
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Julie Kurnitz | ... |
Irene
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David Warrilow | ... |
Roger
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Wallace Shawn | ... |
Masked Avenger
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Mick Murray | ... |
Avenger Crook
(as Michael Murray)
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William Flanagan | ... |
Avenger Announcer
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Seth Green | ... |
Joe
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Michael Tucker | ... |
Martin, the father
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Josh Mostel | ... |
Abe
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Woody Allen's sentimental reminiscence about the golden age of radio. A series of vignettes involving radio personalities is intertwined with the life of a working class family in Rockaway Beach, NY circa 1942. Written by Scott Renshaw <as.idc@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Woody's best " memory" piece has great set designs, a sad and funny script and the usual great, well chosen cast, including a very young Seth Green playing Allen as a boy. Diane Wiest and Julie Kavner excel strongly in the female leads, Allen's voice narrates the whole picture, and Mia Farrow squeaks deliciously as a bimbo cigarette girl who gets a culture make-over. This is the only Allen movie that both Farrow and Diane Keaton appear in (she has a very brief cameo singing a song in a night club.) The final scene on top of the roof is almost bittersweet, altho it is nice to see a landscape filled with wide eyed people, before the world was dominated by television. The story becomes even more poignant as you age. Watch it repeatedly over different stages of your life...