Mighty Aphrodite (1995) USA
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Director:Woody Allen
Studio:Miramax
Producer:Robert Greenhut, Letty Aronson
Writer:Woody Allen
Rating:4
Rated:R
Date Added:2006-03-27
ASIN:6305291470
UPC:0717951001559
Price:$14.99
Awards:Won Oscar. Another 10 wins & 5 nominations
Genre:Sex Comedies
Release:1999-05-17
IMDb:0113819
Duration:95
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
Sound:Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Languages:English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Features:Letterboxed
Woody Allen  ...  (Director)
Woody Allen  ...  (Writer)
 
Mira Sorvino  ...  Linda Ash
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
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
Pamela Blair  ...  Greek Chorus
Rene Ceballos  ...  Greek Chorus (as RenĂ© Ceballos)
Elie Chaib  ...  Greek Chorus
George De La Pena  ...  Greek Chorus
Joanne DiMauro  ...  Greek Chorus
Denise Faye  ...  Greek Chorus
Marian 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
Comments: The new comedy from Woody Allen

Summary: Mira Sorvino won an Oscar for her performance as a bubbleheaded hooker and porn star who happens to be the mother of a bright young boy adopted by a Manhattan couple (Woody Allen and Helena Bonham Carter). The story finds Allen's sportswriter character becoming curious about the identity of his son's biological mom, and he strikes up a relationship with her without revealing why. This 27th feature written and directed by Allen is a nice combination of smart comedy and some of the wackier energy of his earliest movies. (Between scenes, there's a running gag involving a Greek chorus--actually filmed among some real Greek ruins--who do song-and-dance interpretations of the script's events.) This isn't Allen at his best, but it is a fine minor work graced by Sorvino's spin on the cinema's archetypal dumb blonde. --Tom Keogh