| Release Date: | Jan 1996 |
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| Genres: | Romance / Fantasy / Comedy |
| Awards: | Won Oscar. Another 11 wins&8 nominations |
| Cast: | Woody Allen (Lenny), F. Murray Abraham (Leader), Helena Bonham Carter (Amanda), Donald Symington (Amanda's Father), Claire Bloom (Amanda's Mother), Olympia Dukakis (Jocasta), Michael Rapaport (Kevin), Mira Sorvino (Linda Ash), David Ogden Stiers (Laius), Jack Warden (Tiresias), Peter Weller (Jerry Bender), Rosemary Murphy (Adoption Coordinator), Steven Randazzo (Bud), J. Smith-Cameron (Bud's Wife), Jeffrey Kurland (Oedipus), Tucker Robin (Infant Max), Nolan Tuffy (Two-Year-Old Max (as Nolan Tuffey)), Jimmy McQuaid (Max), Yvette Hawkins (School Principal), Karin Haidorfer (Park Avenue Couple), Gary Alper (Park Avenue Couple), Peter McRobbie (Linda's Ex-Landlord), Kathleen Doyle (Ex-Landlord's Wife), Jennifer Greenhut (Lenny's Secretary), Kenneth Edelson (Ken), Danielle Ferland (Cassandra), Pamela Blair (Greek Chorus), Rene Ceballos (Greek Chorus (as René Ceballos)), Elie Chaib (Greek Chorus), George De La Pena (Greek Chorus), Joanne DiMauro (Greek Chorus), Denise Faye (Greek Chorus), Marianne Filali (Greek Chorus (as Marianne Filali)), Angelo Fraboni (Greek Chorus), Scott Fowler (Greek Chorus), Seth Gertsacov (Greek Chorus), Patti Karr (Greek Chorus), Fred Mann III (Greek Chorus), John Mineo (Greek Chorus), Christopher Nelson (Greek Chorus), Valda Setterfield (Greek Chorus), Sven Toorvald (Greek Chorus), Sondra James (Operator / Chorus Voice), Paul Giamatti (Extras Guild Researcher), William Addy (Superintendent), Dan Mullane (Messenger), Thomas Durkin (Race Announcer), Dan Moran (Ricky, the Pimp), Paul Herman (Ricky's Friend), Tony Sirico (Boxing Trainer), Tony Darrow (Boxing Trainer), Ray Garvey (Boxing Trainer), Kent Blocher (Zeus), Joseph P. Coleman (Porno Film Star), Georgette Pasare (Porno Film Star), Al Cerullo (Actual Helicopter Pilot), Bray Poor (On-camera Helicopter Pilot), David H. Kramer (Chorus Voice), Dann Fink (Chorus Voice), Karen Longwell (Chorus Voice), Dominic Marcus (Chorus Voice), Craig Sechler (Chorus Voice), Bill Timoney (Chorus Voice), Lisa Vidal (Chorus Voice), Bruce Winant (Chorus Voice), John D. Bair (Lenny's Office Clerk (uncredited)), John Dalton (Art Gallery Snob (uncredited)), Barney Fitzpatrick (Sports Reporter (uncredited)), Julie Halston (Guest (uncredited)), Adrian Lee (Chatty Park Woman (uncredited)), Rawleigh Moreland (Sports Reporter (uncredited)), Paul Navarra (Sports Reporter (uncredited)), Don Wallace (Julius (uncredited)) |
Sportswriter Lenny Weinrib and his wife adopt a baby from an anonymous mother. A few years pass, and Lenny starts to wonder about the woman. Curiosity quickly gets the better of him, so he steals files from the adoption agency and sets out to find her. He is eager partly because he wants to reunite mother and son, but mostly because he is neurotically obsessed with Greek tragedy (Is the mom a knockout? Will "Oedipus Rex" relive itself, with Lenny as Oedipus' father?). Of course Lenny is dismayed, maybe even terrified, to find that Linda, the mother, is a beautiful $200-an-hour prostitute. So that he can fashion the proper mother-son reunion and save himself from what Fate seems to have in store, he determines to "reform" Linda.
