starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
directed by Woody Allen
93 minutes
Twice married, stand-up comedian Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) meets and falls in love with Annie Hall (Diane Keaton). They aren't as compatible as they would like to be but for a time they are together. She tries her hand at singing in nightclubs and after a rough start she has some success and moves from New York City to Los Angeles.
There were a few actors in bit parts that I recognized and some that I didn't recognize but that maybe I should have. The ones that I recognized were Carol Kane, Christopher Walken, Colleen Dewhurst, Jeff Goldblum, and Shelley Duvall. I did not recognize Paul Simon. Sigourney Weaver was in one brief scene and I didn't pick up on that.
Annie Hall was nominated for five Academy Awards and won four of them. It won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Diane Keaton), and Best Original Screenplay. Woody Allen was nominated for Best Actor but the award that year went to Richard Dreyfuss for his performance in The Goodbye Girl.
This was my first time watching Annie Hall. I thought it started kind of slow. Maybe some of the jokes went over my head in the first 30 minutes or maybe that part of the movie wasn't supposed to be all that funny.
Halfway in to the movie I found myself laughing fairly frequently. It got funnier when Alvy and Annie started to get on one another's nerves. The humor was more pointed, and sarcastic. I very much liked the twist near the end before Alvy returns to New York. I'm glad I've finally seen it. I could see myself watching it again.
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