WOODY ALLEN: A DOCUMENTARY (2012)

ROBERT B WEIDE

Documentary Comedy Biopic Stand up Comedy Film in Film Recommended Tango's Choice

Cast

WOODY ALLEN MARSHALL BRICKMAN JOSH BROLIN DICK CAVETT PENELOPE CRUZ JOHN CUSACK LARRY DAVID LETTY ARONSON F X FEENEY ROBERT GREENHUT MARIEL HEMINGWAY CHARLES H JOFFE SCARLETT JOHANSSON JULIE KAVNER DIANE KEATON SEAN PENN OWEN WILSON

Plot

Iconic writer, director, actor, comedian, and musician Woody Allen allowed his life and creative process to be documented on-camera for the first time. With this unprecedented access, Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Robert Weide followed the notoriously private film legend over a year and a half to create the ultimate film biography. Woody Allen: A Documentary chronicles Allen's career - from teen writer to Sid Caeser's TV scribe, from standup comedian to award-winning writer-director averaging one film-per-year for more than 40 years. Exploring Allen's writing habits, casting, directing, and relationship with his actors first-hand, new interviews with A-listers, writing partners, family and friends provide insight and backstory to the usually inscrutable filmmaker.Superior talking heads biopic about one the the 20th (yeah, not so much the the 21st...) century's most prolific and influential auteurs.