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Will Ferrell ... Hobie
Neil Pepe ... Al
Stephanie Roth Haberle¹ ... Louise
Radha Mitchell ... Melinda
Chloë Sevigny ... Laurel
Chiwetel Ejiofor ... Ellis
Michael J. Farina ... Man with dog
Josh Brolin ... Greg
Jonny Lee Miller ... Lee
Wallace Shawn ... Sy
Larry Pine ... Max
Matt Servitto ... Jack
Arija Bareikis ... Sally
Brooke Smith ... Cassie
Zak Orth ... Peter
Andy Borowitz ... Doug
Amanda Peet ... Susan
Shalom Harlow ... Joan
David Aaron Baker ... Steve
Christina Kirk ... Jennifer
Alyssa Pridham ... Acting student
Katie Kreisler ... Director
Quincy Rose ... 2nd Assistant Director
Steve Carell ... Walt
Rick Vincent Holmes¹ ... Party guest
Michelle Durning ... Party guest
Geoffrey Nauffts ... Bud
Yi-wen Jiang ... Shanghai Quartet
Honggang Li ... Shanghai Quartet
Weigang Li ... Shanghai Quartet
Nick Tzavaras ... Shanghai Quartet
Rob Buntzen ... Antique shop owner
Daniel Sunjata ... Billy
Vinessa Shaw ... Staceys |
Directed
by: Woody Allen
Written by: Woody Allen
Produced by: Letty Aronson
Distributor: Fox Searchlight |
US:
18 MARCH 2005
UK: 25 MARCH 2005 |
Combines romantic comedy and drama in a way that Woody Allen, unique among filmmakers, likes to contrast. It takes place in Manhattan and chronicles a pair of crises that give reign to the talents of Chiwetel Ejiofor, Will Ferrell, Jonny Lee Miller, Radha Mitchell, Amanda Peet, Chloë Sevigny and Wallace Shawn. All the usual Allen areas are explained - the fragility of love, marital infidelity, sophisticated romance, the inability to communicate. As a character in the movie puts it, "He's despondent, he's desperate, he's suicidal. All the comic elements are in place.". |
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Even in his slow decline, the Woodsman knows funny. He also invented the modern romantic comedy with Manhattan and Annie Hall. For that fact alone, I will always pay to see a Woody Allen flick. Whether you agree is another matter. Amazingly for the UK we're getting an Allen flick one week after the US as opposed to the customary one year, at least. |
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"So, any chance?"
I said buzz off grandad"
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