The story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty, Ginny’s rough-hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey, a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina, Humpty’s long-estranged daughter, who is now hiding out from gangsters at her father’s apartment.
Acting
Winslet's operatic nervous breakdown—career highlight, honestly.
Cinematography
Vittorio Storaro makes Coney Island look like a neon-lit purgatory.
Production
The entire movie was built on a parking lot. Magic, baby.
Director
Woody Allen
Kate Winslet
Ginny
Juno Temple
Carolina
Jim Belushi
Humpty
Justin Timberlake
Mickey Rubin
Max Casella
Ryan
Jack Gore
Richie
David Krumholtz
Jake
Robert C. Kirk
Boardwalk Vendor
Tommy Nohilly
Humpty's Friend
Tony Sirico
Angelo
Steve Schirripa
Nick
John Doumanian
Ruby's Bartender
Tom Guiry
Flirtatious Man at Ruby's
Gregory Dann
Fishing Buddy
Bobby Slayton
Fishing Buddy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kate Winslet did her own screaming into the ocean takes for three days straight. Method acting or personal release? You decide.
This was Woody Allen's 47th film and his last with Amazon after the Dylan Farrow controversy resurfaced—making its themes of self-destructive men and trapped women accidentally meta.
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