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Play It Again, Sam |  | Director: Herbert Ross
Actors: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Jerry Lacy, Susan Anspach
Studio: Paramount
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Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 17832
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 85 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5 x 0.6
MPN: D081124D
ISBN: 0792175387
UPC: 097360811247
EAN: 9780792175384
ASIN: B00005NVDF
Theatrical Release Date: May 4, 1972
Release Date: October 23, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Written for the stage and coherently opened up for the screen by veteran director Herbert Ross, Play It Again, Sam is closer to a conventional comedy than Woody Allen's more self-contained films, but his smart script and archetypal hero-nebbish achieve a special charm aimed squarely at movie buffs. Allen is Allan Felix, a film critic on the rebound after his wife's desertion trying to brave the choppy waters of born-again bachelorhood and struggling to reconcile his celluloid obsessions with the hazards of real-world dating. His apartment is a shrine to Humphrey Bogart, and it's none other than Bogey himself who materializes at strategic moments to counsel Allan on romantic strategy. He gets more corporeal aid from his married friends, Linda (Diane Keaton) and Dick (Tony Roberts), who try to orchestrate prospective matches and reassure him when those chemistry experiments explode. When Allan finds himself falling in love with Linda, the dissonance between fantasy and reality proves both funny and poignant--a precursor to the deeper emotionalism missing from the star's earlier directorial efforts that was soon to inform Allen's most affecting '70s comedies. It's also the start of his onscreen relationship with Keaton, further underscoring Allen's evolution toward a more satisfying contemplation of the friction between head and heart. --Sam Sutherland
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 vintage Woody December 15, 2009
V. Warren Jones (Marietta, Ga)
"Play It Again Sam" is a movie I remember seeing in college and loved it. The "Casablanca" story line made it even more enjoyable. This is a movie that is perfect for a rainy Saturday afternoon. Tony Roberts as a busy executive glued to the phone makes you think what he'd do in in the age of Blackberry and Iphones today. Need a laugh, get this movie.
The Best Woody movie ever November 14, 2009
L. Zarate-Pettite (Indio, CA USA)
If you could only watch one Woody Allen movie..............Play It Again Sam is the one.
Play It Again, Sam October 25, 2009
Chuck Horn (Australia)
Classic Woody Allen. Even though he didn't direct this one you can see all the vintage aspects of Allen's future comedies. You can see why he made so many movies with Keaton. Looking backwards from the age of cell phones it's fascinating to see Tony Roberts' character in action.
One of Woody's best! April 5, 2008
Richard Franks
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
You've got to love Woody Allen in this flick. Everything is great especially with Humphrey Bogart guiding Woody in every-day problems. Great movie!
We had it all, like Bogie and.....er, Woody? February 15, 2008
D. Hartley (Seattle, WA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I don't know what it is about this particular Woody Allen vehicle, but no matter how many times I have viewed it over the years, I laugh just as hard at all the one-liners as I did the first time I saw it. Annie Hall and Manhattan may be his most highly lauded and artistically accomplished films, but for pure "laughs per minute", I would nominate this 1972 entry, with a screenplay adapted by Allen from his own original stage version. Ironically, it's the only "Woody Allen film" that wasn't directed by him (those chores went to Herbert Ross). Allen portrays a film buff who is particularly obsessed with Humphrey Bogart. He fantasizes conversations with Bogie's ghost (played to perfection by Jerry Lacy) who advises him on how to "be a man" and attract the perfect mate. He receives more pragmatic assistance from his best friends, a married couple (Diane Keaton and Tony Roberts) who fix him up with a series of women (the depictions of the various dating disasters are hilarious beyond description). A true comedy classic.
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