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 Take The Money And Run (DVD)
 Take The Money And Run (DVD) ... released 07 May, 2001 at Fremantle Home Entertainment / Features of the DVD: Anamorphic, PAL / Woody Allen's feature-film debut, Take the Money and Run, a mockumentary that combines sight gags, sketchlike scenes, and stand-up jokes at rat-a-tat speed, looks positively primitive compared to his mature work. Primitive, but awfully funny. Allen plays Virgil Starkwell, a music-loving nebbish who turns to a life of crime at an early age and, undaunted by his utter and complete failure to pull off a single successful robbery, continues his unbroken spree of bungled heists and prison breaks even after he marries and raises a family. Narrator Jackson Beck, whose stentorian voice of authority makes a perfect foil for Starkwell's absurd exploits, lobs one droll quip after another with deadpan seriousness. Though spotty, Allen tosses so many jokes into the mix that it hardly matters and when they hit they are often hilarious: the chain gang posing as cousins to their old-woman hostage ("We're very close", Virgil explains to a dim cop), arguing with a dotty movie director who is supposed to be their cover for a bank robbery, Virgil's escape attempt with a bar of soap. Allen spoofs decades of crime films, everything from I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang to Bonnie and Clyde, but you don't have to know the movies to enjoy this goofy, sometimes clumsy, but quite clever comedy. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.comNewest Review: ... and even act! Virgil is the main character (played by Woody Allen), he is a criminal who entered a life of crime very early, ... more ... and has now ended up in jail.
The style of the movie is documentary, and, again, this was the first time that Woody would take this style, which he later used in other movies.
One interesting thing about this movie is that part of the scenes in prison, where actually shot in a real prison, the San Quentin State Prison and some of the prisoners actually acted in the movie!
The plot is very simple, in the end Virgil will escape from prison, but his doomed to failure. I will not give away the end.
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Take The Money And Run (DVD): What time is it now? (244 words)
by - written on 22/05/08 (Very useful, 96 readings)
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"Take the money and run" was one of the first movies of Woody Allen. It was produced in 1969 and was following the script of Woody, who had written it the year before. This was the first movie where Woody would write, direct and even act! Virgil is the main character (played by Woody Allen), he is a criminal who entered a life of crime very early, and has now ended up in jail. The style of the movie is documentary, and, again, this was the first time that Woody would take this style, which he later used in other movies. One interesting thing about this movie is that part of the scenes in prison, where actually shot in a real prison, ... Read the complete review
"I can't wear biege for a bank robbery!" (1414 words)
by - written on 23/10/07 (Very useful, 292 readings)
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Take the Money and Run is a 1969 comedy starring and directed by Woody Allen. Allen had substantial creative control over a picture for the first time and made his debut as a director. For this reason Take the Money and Run is really the first 'proper' undiluted Woody Allen film. Filmed in a mockumentary style, Take the Money and Run chronicles hopeless bank-robber, and general failure, Virgil Starkwell (played by Allen) and uses fake cinéma vérité interviews, old newsreels and a non-stop assortment of verbal and visual jokes. The film is a parody of the genre and references everything from Bonnie and Clyde to old black and white Prison films. ... Read the complete review
Take The Money And Run (DVD): TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN (405 words)
by - written on 06/04/06 (Useful, 68 readings)
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My copy of the film of Woody Allen’s “Take the Money and Run” came free as a DVD with the Times. The film directed by Woody, written (Screen play) by Woody Allen and Mickey Rose is the first of Woody’s film’s as actor/writer/director to be Produced by Charles.H.Joffe. The running time 82 minutes rated PG for general viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children. Music by Marvin Hamlish. The film is sold under the genre comedy/crime. CAST: Woody Allen (Virgil Starkwell) Janet Margolin (Louise) Marcel Hillaine (Fritz) Jacquelyn Hyde (Miss Blair) Jackson Beck (The Narrator - voice) THE STORY The ... Read the complete review
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