Radio Days (1987) USA
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Director:Woody Allen
Studio:MGM (Video & DVD)
Producer:Robert Greenhut
Writer:Woody Allen
Rating:4.5
Rated:PG
Date Added:2006-06-21
ASIN:B00005O06M
UPC:0027616860484
Price:$14.94
Awards:Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations
Genre:Eccentric Families
Release:2001-06-11
IMDb:0093818
Duration:88
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
Sound:Dolby
Languages:English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, French, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, Spanish, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles:English, Spanish, French
Features:Anamorphic
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Woody Allen  ...  (Director)
Woody Allen  ...  (Writer)
 
Mike Starr  ...  Burglar
Paul Herman  ...  Burglar
Don Pardo  ...  'Guess That Tune' Host
Martin Rosenblatt  ...  Mr. Needleman
Helen Miller  ...  Mrs. Needleman
Danielle Ferland  ...  Child Star
Julie Kavner  ...  Mother
Julie Kurnitz  ...  Irene
David Warrilow  ...  Roger
Wallace Shawn  ...  Masked Avenger
Mick Murray  ...  Avenger Crook (as Michael Murray)
William Flanagan  ...  Avenger Announcer
Seth Green  ...  Joe
Michael Tucker  ...  Father
Josh Mostel  ...  Abe
Leah Carrey  ...  
Summary: A sweet and clever combination of anecdotes and autobiography, Radio Days draws heavily on Woody Allen's childhood. Fittingly, the unfolding episodes are woven together by music--lovely hits of the 1940s like "In the Mood" and "That Old Feeling." Some episodes are built around radio itself (like the burglars who answer the phone in a house they're burgling and win a radio contest), and others center on the life of a young Jewish boy (Seth Green, clearly playing a version of Allen himself as a child). Though light in tone, Radio Days is an ambitious re-creation not simply of an era, but of radio itself. Nowadays radio is little more than a way to sell pop tunes, but it used to transmit dreams; watching this movie, you get a taste of how inspiring this simpler medium could be. --Bret Fetzer