Of course, most people would say Annie Hall. But I absolutely love Sleeper. Every time I see it I crack up at the "If I don't get at least 600 years <of sleep> I'm grouchy all day."
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Of course, most people would say Annie Hall. But I absolutely love Sleeper. Every time I see it I crack up at the "If I don't get at least 600 years <of sleep> I'm grouchy all day."
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Hard to say. My favourites are " Sleeper " , " Bannanas " , and " Take the money and Run " .
But there is such a great body of work .
" Say, is he house-trained, or does he leave little batteries all over the place ? " LOL
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I just don't much like Woody Allen in general, to be honest. I remember seeing and enjoying bits of Sleeper when I was in maybe eighth or ninth grade, but other than that, I remain uninterested. At faire, I overheard a woman explaining the plot of Midnight in Paris to a couple of kids, and she mentioned going back to a time you liked better. What I said to one of my boothmates was, "Like the 1970s, when everyone thought you were making great films."
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"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"
"You can't erase icing."
"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"
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In order:
"What's Up Tiger Lilly".
"Sleeper". Love the pudding scene and Ben Bova was the consultant.
"Bananas".
"Take the money and Run".
David.
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When I was much younger and played Dungeons and Dragons, I always imagined that the Black Pudding monster was like the instant pudding in that scene.Originally Posted by Krel
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Casino Royale
(Just trying to be rude here.)
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Those would work for my list. I liked his early stuff, but really not much of the more recent.
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Ah, What's Up Tiger Lilly?
Saracen pig!
Anglo-Saxon Hun!
Turkish taffy!
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Thanks, I was trying to think of a movie with Woody Allen I liked watching.
You reminded me of the only one.
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I remember Allen takling to Merv Griffin or Johnny Carson, saying something like:
"Casino Royale cost so much. In order for it to turn a profit, everyone in the world has to see it. See it twice. They may have to admit Red China to the U.N. just so that Casino Royale can make a profit."
The film did have David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Orson Welles, etc., etc., making fools of themselves, so he was in great company.
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He seems to play the same character (neurotic, sardonic Jewish guy) in every movie, so really, if you've seen one, you've seen them all.
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I remember Homer Simpson's neighbor Ned telling some people "I like Woody Allen's films: I just don't like that nervous little guy he has in all of 'em."
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" Ok.......back up......back up........back up........C R A S H !!!!!!! .............'OK' !! "
Woody Allen , the 'helpful pedestrian' .
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