Bullets Over Broadway (1994)

Bullets Over Broadway (1994) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby TrueHD )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby TrueHD )
Spanish ( Subtitles )
Catalan ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Catalan ( Dolby TrueHD )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Collectors Edition
Interactive Menu
Special Edition
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1994 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Woody Allen

Written By:
Woody Allen
Douglas McGrath

Actors:
John Cusack ..... David Shayne
Dianne Wiest ..... Helen Sinclair
Jennifer Tilly ..... Olive Neal
Chazz Palminteri ..... Cheech
Mary-Louise Parker ..... Ellen
Jack Warden ..... Julian Marx
Joe Viterelli ..... Nick Valenti
Rob Reiner ..... Sheldon Flender
Tracey Ullman ..... Eden Brent
Jim Broadbent ..... Warner Purcell
Harvey Fierstein ..... Sid Loomis
Stacey Nelkin ..... Rita
Malgorzata Zajaczkowska ..... Lili
Charles Cragin ..... Rifkin
Nina von Arx ..... Josette

Synopsis:

Bullets Over Broadway is a Woody Allen romp that, as the title suggests, combines gangsters with show business at the height of the Roaring Twenties. David Shayne (John Cusack) is a straight-arrow playwright who plans to stand firm against compromising his work, but quickly abandons that stance when his producer (Jack Warden) finds a backer to mount his show on Broadway. There's just one catch, however: the backer is a mobster (Joe Viterelli) who sees Shayne's play as a vehicle for his dizzy, talent-free girlfriend, Olive (Jennifer Tilly). Shayne also has to deal with the demands of veteran theatre diva Helen Sinclair (Dianne Wiest) and is shocked to discover that Olive's hitman bodyguard, Cheech (Chazz Palminteri), is probably a better playwright than he is, as he secretly revises Shayne's work when he sits in on rehearsals.

David Shayne, a neurotic playwright, has just found a way to have his play produced. Mob boss Nick Valenti has faith that the play will bring in big bucks. Nick is a little stubborn, and demands that his wannabe actress girlfriend, bimbo Olive have a large part, but Olive is a terrible actress and a conceited moron. Above all that, David is caught in an affair with lead actress Helen Sinclair and constantly at odds with the cast and crew. Soon he finds himself taking writing tips from Olive's bodyguard Cheech, who turns out to be a great writer himself. When the cast is introduced to Cheech's rewrite (thinking it's David's) David starts getting amazing compliments. Knowing whom the real writer is, David starts to question whether or not he is a true artist.

Set in 1920's New York City, this movie tells the story of idealistic young playwright David Shayne. Producer Julian Marx finally finds funding for the project from gangster Nick Valenti. The catch is that Nick's girl friend Olive Neal gets the part of a psychiatrist, and Olive is a bimbo who could never pass for a psychiatrist as well as being a dreadful actress. Agreeing to this first compromise is the first step to Broadway's complete seduction of David, who neglects longtime girl friend Ellen. Meanwhile David puts up with Warner Purcell, the leading man who is a compulsive eater, Helen Sinclair, the grand dame who wants her part jazzed up, and Cheech, Olive's interfering hitman / bodyguard. Eventually, the playwright must decide whether art or life is more important.

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