Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.
Acting
Judy Davis having a full breakdown — Oscar-nominated chaos.
Writing
Woody at his most viciously self-aware (or oblivious, you decide).
Direction
Reality and fiction bleed together like a fever dream.
Director
Woody Allen
Woody Allen
Harry Block
Judy Davis
Lucy
Kirstie Alley
Joan
Elisabeth Shue
Fay Sexton
Billy Crystal
Larry / The Devil
Bob Balaban
Richard
Hazelle Goodman
Cookie
Eric Lloyd
Hilly
Caroline Aaron
Doris
Richard Benjamin
Ken
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Leslie
Tobey Maguire
Harvey Stern
Demi Moore
Helen
Robin Williams
Mel
Stanley Tucci
Paul Epstein
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Woody Allen cast himself as a writer who steals from real life while literally doing exactly that to Mia Farrow's family — the irony is almost weaponized.
The film-within-a-film structure directly mirrors Allen's own 'Stardust Memories' and preempts Charlie Kaufman's entire career by five years.
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