Broadway Danny Rose
Comedy
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1984
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A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli. Rose's one-man talent agency represents countless incompetent entertainers, including a one-legged tap dancer, and one slightly talented one: washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova, whose career is on the rebound.
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Runtime:
84 min
Release date:
27 Jan 1984
Country:
US
Languages:
English, Italian, Yiddish
Budget:
$8,000,000
Revenue:
$10,600,497
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 3 wins & 5 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Woody Allen attends to his neglected lovability factor in this tiny, anecdotal comedy.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
12 Aug 2008
fresh:
Allen's perfect as a small-time, good-hearted Broadway talent agent, giving his all for a roster of hopeless clients.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
12 Aug 2008
fresh:
The jokes are firmly embedded in plot and characterisation, and the film, shot by Gordon Willis in harsh black-and-white, looks terrific; but what makes it work so well is the unsentimental warmth pervading every frame.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
All of this is accomplished with wonderfully off-the-wall characterizations.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
Even the swamps of New Jersey look beautiful.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003