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Trivia from Bananas

• Woody Allen said he made a conscious decision not to show any blood to maintain the light, farcical tone of the film.
• Howard Cosell was allowed to improvise most of his part.
• The exercise desk in the movie was an imitation of Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times.
• The rebels' anthem is the same one used in his 1973 film Sleeper.
• In an interview, Woody Allen was asked why he named the movie Bananas. He responded by saying, "Because there are no bananas in it."
• The film was originally titled "El Weirdo"

Awards and Nominations

• Writer's Guild of America, USA
  Year 1972
  Nominated Oscar
  Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
  Woody Allen, Mickey Rose