Play it Again, Sam DVD

Play It Again, Sam
Herbert Ross directed this adaptation of Woody Allen's hit Broadway play concerning a shy film critic who has trouble with women. Woody Allen plays Allan Felix, a writer for Film Quarterly consumed by movies, particularly his favorite film of all time, Casablanca. At the start of the film, Allan's wife Nancy (Susan Anspach) has just left him and is applying for a divorce. Unable to deal with this emotional turmoil, Allan seeks solace in the movies he loves, imagining Humphrey Bogart (Jerry Lacy) has dropped by his apartment to offer Allan advice on dealing with the ladies ("Dames are simple. I never met one that didn't understand a slap in the mouth or a slug from a forty-five"). Helping Allan meet new women are his good friends Dick (Tony Roberts) and Linda Christie (Diane Keaton). Dick and Linda fix him up with a succession of dates, all of which end disastrously because of Allan's nervousness and insecurity. Finally, Allan realizes that he has been spending more time with Linda than anyone else and he is becoming attracted to her -- she's the only woman he truly feels comfortable around. Linda proves unexpectedly receptive to Allan's advances, since Dick's workaholic ways leave Linda neglected and ignored. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Cast Woody Allen as Allan Diane Keaton as Linda Tony Roberts as Dick Jerry Lacy as Bogart Susan Anspach as Nancy Felix Jennifer Salt as Sharon

Crew Frank Capra, Jr. - Associate Producer Anna Hill Johnstone - Costume Designer William C. Gerrity - First Assistant Director Herbert Ross - Director Marion Rothman - Editor Charles H. Joffe - Executive Producer Oscar Peterson Trio - Composer (Music Score) Billy Goldenberg - Composer (Music Score) Stanley R. Dufford - Makeup Ed Wittstein - Production Designer Owen Roizman - Cinematographer Arthur P. Jacobs - Producer Doug von Koss - Set Designer David Dockendorf - Sound/Sound Designer Richard Pietschmann - Sound/Sound Designer Woody Allen - Screenwriter Herman Hupfeld - Featured Music Max Steiner - Featured Music Woody Allen - Play Author

Play It Again, Sam
Adapted from his own stage play, Play It Again, Sam is arguably Woody Allen's most consistently funny early film, even as it blended his broader comedy with more serious relationship insecurities, precluding his greatest triumph, 1977's Annie Hall. Before Play It Again, Allen's films had been praised for their laughs and their nonconformist styles: the faux-documentary of Take the Money and Run (1969), the schizophrenic political satire of Bananas (1971), and the skit-comedy of Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex (1972). Director Herbert Ross was criticized by some viewers for turning Allen's material into more conventional romantic comedy. Play It Again, Sam was also Allen's first film with frequent future collaborators Diane Keaton and Tony Roberts. ~ Brendon Hanley, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: English Sound Processing: DD1: Dolby Digital Mono Additional Features: Widescreen verion enhanced for 16:9 TVs Dolby Digital: English mono; French mono English subtitles Interactive menus Scene selection DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: PG DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 85 min Part of Series: Paramount Widescreen Collection   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 0. Scene Selection 1. Casablanca [:07] 2. A Watcher, Not a Doer [4:42] 3. The Christies [:19] 4. Find Him a Girl [4:36] 5. Blind Date [2:35] 6. Emotionally Disturbed Women [2:58] 7. Away for the Weekend [4:34] 8. The Strikout King [:56] 9. Platonic Friends [6:28] 10. Kiss Her [3:47] 11. An Affair [4:39] 12. It Has to End [6:57] 13. Here's Looking at You [:55]