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Comical tale of a frail, shy youngster with a massive I.Q. who turns to crime - unsuccessfully.

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ProducerJack Grossberg, Charles H. Joffe

EAN5030697003461

eBay Product ID (ePID)3945491

Product Key Features

Film/TV TitleTake the Money and Run

ActorWoody Allen, Janet Margolin, Louise Lasser, Marcel Hillaire, Jan Merlin, Lonny Chapman

DirectorWoody Allen

FormatDVD

LanguageEnglish

Release Year2001

FeaturesBiography\Production Notes\Scene Selection\Slideshow\Trade Marks\Trivia\Quotes, Widescreen

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

GenreGeneral, Comedy

Run Time82 Mins

Additional Product Features

CertificatePG

Number of Discs1

Director of PhotographyLester Shorr

AuthorWoody Allen, Mickey Rose

Additional InformationWoody Allen's directorial debut, TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN, is a hilarious mock documentary about the life and crimes of one Virgil Starkwell--a man who always ends up getting his glasses crushed. Familiar newsreel voice Jackson Beck narrates the tale of the hapless criminal and his ridiculous plans that repeatedly blow up in his face--sometimes literally. When Starkwell, played by Allen, falls in love with Louise (Janet Margolin), he tries to change, but he comes to realize that he is a born criminal--and a born loser. Allen fills his movie with sight gags galore, including his escaping from prison with a gun made out of soap--then getting caught in the rain, and his parents being interviewed wearing Groucho Marx disguises. Many bits from his stand-up routine also are scattered throughout the screenplay, cowritten with Mickey Rose. Numerous small touches and themes in this film would show up in Allen's later work, but here they are played exclusively for laughs--and the laughs come nonstop as Virgil puts together a gang and plans a big bank job that he believes will get his family back on their feet. Allen's wonderful documentary style would influence such later mockumentaries as THIS IS SPINAL TAP and THE RUTLES; it is relentless in its verbal and visual attack on the senses, a worthy debut for a filmmaker who would change the face of comedy in the coming decades.

Movie/TV TitleTake The Money And Run

ComposerMarvin Hamlisch

Executive ProducerSidney Glazier

Sound sourceDolby Digital Mono

CinematographerFouad Said

EditorRalph Rosenblum, Ron Kalish, James Heckert