Four Films of Woody Allen.

by Woody Allen

Book Overview

Complete screenplays of four of Woody Allen's most famous films. Hilariously funny, with all actions included. From the Trade Paperback edition. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571118240
• ISBN13: 9780571118243
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Length: 387 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

a long time ago

Its hard to imagine now that there was a time when you couldn't just go out and buy a film. So a book like this that contains the complete screenplays for four Woody Allen films seems a little bit redundant. But in fact its a great volume. Annie Hall and Manhattan are two of Woody Allens greatest films. They are funny, and full of great one-liners, but there is also a serious undertone to them. So having the chance to flick from one great scene to another on the page is actually very satisfying. As well as the dialog a description of the action is provided by the Publisher. The dialog is 100% accurate so every pause and mumble by the cast is captured on the page. In Annie Hall for example (Annie talking about photograhy): "Well, well, I...to me - I... I mean, it's-it's-it's all instinctive, you know. I mean, I just try to uh, feel, you know? I try to get a sense of it and not think about it to much." Interiors is a Bergman inspired film, which to date I have not seen, but I am hoping that this volume will encourage me to see it now. Stardust Memories is Allen's take on celebrity and is well worth reading. So if you are a fan of Woody Allen you will enjoy this volume, even if you already own the films (as I do now).

Do It For The Eggs

I bought this while studying screenwriting, assuming that owning ANNIE HALL and MANHATTAN would somehow deliver upon me some kind of ability, perhaps a bit of greatness via osmoseous (sp?). I was wrong.I also realized that MANHATTAN is based more on the visual than I had realized--the script, while great, isn't on the same level as ANNIE HALL; INTERIORS, which dissapointed me on the screen is a very good script; and--this just confirmed what I already knew--ANNIE HALL is a great great GREAT film.Did I mention that ANNIE HALL is a great film?

Must have omnibus for Woody Allen fans and script writers.

This book contains "screenplays" of Woody Allen's most famous films including Manhattan and Annie Hall. It doesn't say screenplays on the cover, but that's what I figured it would be. Instead, what I got was a book that's not even script formatted. The publisher also adds his notes whenever he pleases to explain what's going on 'from the film' to the reader.

Hilarious

This great book includes the screenplays of two of Woody's best films, "Annie Hall" and "Manhattan." There's also "Stardust Memories" which is good, and "Interiors" which is, well...ok. Well worth the money.

Great read - Explores the human condition with insight.

This book cheered me along during a stay in hospital and so I will always remember it fondly. To me, the scripts represent the best of Woody Allen as they are truthful and realistic. Humour is sharp in the scripts (except for Interiors of course) as it exposes pretenses, hypocrisies & other human fallibilities. There is so much more to this than clever lines. This should be a text for aspiring scriptwriters. To any publishers reading this, how about another compilation which has "Husbands & Wives" and "Mighty Aphrodite" in it?!