Broadway Danny Rose (DVD)

Description: Genre: Comedy / Theatrical Release: 1984 / Director: Woody Allen / Actors: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow ... / DVD released ... more

Broadway Danny Rose (DVD) ... 11 February, 2002 at MGM Entertainment / Features of the DVD: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen / Broadway Danny Rose is vintage Woody Allen. Danny (Allen) is a down-at-heel theatrical agent whose regular clients include talking bird acts and a man who twists balloons into animal shapes. His faith in these eccentrics never fails, despite the fact that everyone leaves him for another agent in the end. Complications ensue when one of his clients, an overweight crooner, starts a romance with a mafia widow (excellently played by Allen's partner of the time, Mia Farrow). The mob think Danny is her boyfriend, forcing the two of them to take evasive action, at one point dodging bullets among giant floats for a forthcoming Fourth of July parade. The script is witty, the acting superb, the situations inventive. The film is shot in black and white and looks superb for it. On the DVD: The DVD is widescreen, with extremely clear sound so you won't miss a single wisecrack. Dialogue is available in French, German, Italian and Spanish as well as English. It's a pity, however--since the film is so short (84 minutes)--that there are no extras apart from the theatrical trailer. --Ed Buscombe

Newest Review: ... outlook amidst such failure Rose knows deep down that fame and fortune are going to remain elusive...until that is he starts ... more

... working with overweight but ambitious crooner Lou (Nick Apollo Forte). Lou is an old style exuberant night-club singer who was a bit famous once. He had a hit in the fifties. Danny thinks that with enough work he can restore Lou to his former mild glory. Danny picks clothes for Lou, books him on cruises and gives him pep talks littered with his stock motivational phrases. "Star, smile, strong!" Danny however is mortified when he discovers that Lou is having an affair with Tina (Mia Farrow). Tina is the ...more

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Broadway Danny Rose (DVD): A bittersweet gem (930 words)
by - written on 31/07/07 (Very useful, 81 readings)
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Danny Rose (Woody Allen) is a kind, well meaning theatrical agent who struggles to hold onto his modestly talented clients. He also has a tendancy to become emotionally attached to them meaning their departure is all the more melancholic and complicated. Both he and his clients have one thing in common; both are unsuccesful. Welcome to the bittersweet Broadway Danny Rose, one of Woody Allen's lesser known gems. Shot in black and white, Broadway Danny Rose has a beautiful framing device. A group of comedians meet in a New York restaurant and begin swapping stories and jokes. One of them mentions Danny Rose and they laugh and begin to talk about him in the past ... Read the complete review

Darling! (217 words)
by - written on 03/10/00 (Very useful, 22 readings)
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The Eighties were the decade when Allen did much to avoid being typecast as a comic director. Having made his first non-comedy in 1978 ('Interiors'), 1980 saw 'Stardust Memories', the film in which he complained about everyone demanded 'funny' movies from him. He made two made straight dramas ('September' and 'Another Woman'), the experimental 'Zelig' and the poignant 'Purple Rose of Cairo'. Nevertheless, his biggest movie was a comedy 'Hannah and her sisters', and he also made 'Broadway Danny Rose', his purest comic film since 'Love and Death'. It's little more than an ... Read the complete review

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