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Manhattan Murder Mystery - 1993
Genre: Comedy
Run Time: 104 minutes
Film Synopsis
Larry (Woody Allen) and his wife Carol (Diane Keaton) are a married couple who, after twenty plus years, have settled into a rather mundane routine. She reluctantly goes to hockey games with him, he in turn grudgingly joins her at the opera. It's always business as usual with little spark, until an elderly neighbor in their apartment building is found dead of an apparent heart attack.
Carol becomes suspicious when the woman's husband (Jerry Adler) acts a bit too nonchalant, and begins to uncover clues which she believes point to foul play. Larry is convince Carol is imagining things, causing her to turn to a recently divorced friend, Ted (Alan Alda), for comfort. Larry, meanwhile, is flattered by the attentions of a writer (Anjelica Huston), and frustrated by Carol's insistence that she crack the case.
Main Cast
- Woody Allen .... Larry Lipton
- Diane Keaton .... Carol Lipton
- Jerry Adler .... Paul House
- Lynn Cohen .... Lillian House
- Ron Rifkin .... Sy
- Joy Behar .... Marilyn
- William Addy .... Jack, the Super
- John Doumanian .... Neighbor
- Sylvia Kauders .... Neighbor
- Ira Wheeler .... EMS Doctor
- Alan Alda .... Ted
- Anjelica Huston .... Marcia Fox
- Melanie Norris .... Helen Moss
- Marge Redmond .... Mrs. Dalton
- Zach Braff .... Nick Lipton
Film Remarks
Woody Allen was living through his off-screen scandal with Mia Farrow when Manhattan Murder Mystery was produced, so Diane Keaton was brought in to fill the role intended for Farrow. The reunion of Keaton and Allen put this movie into a light-hearted chemisty that hadn't been seen in his films in years.
As soon as they recruit their friends (Alan Alda, Anjelica Huston) into solving this mystery, we're in for a very fun ride. At this time Alda and Houston were doing great work in surrourding movies, Alda in Husbands and Wives and Huston in Crimes and Misdemeanors. Full of pure Woody Allan wit, watching Manhattan Murder Mystery is like eating an indulgent dessert. Did I really enjoy that so fast?
-- Lucas Everidge lives in Austin, TX
Manhattan Murder Mystery Movie Trivia & Awards
Many fans already know that the role of Carol Lipton was written for Mia Farrow. But did you also know....
Budget: $13.5m (USA)
Production Dates: 1992
Release Date: August 13, 1993 (USA), October 13, 1993 (France), September 10, 1993 (Sweeden), February 18, 1994 (Finland), April 15, 1994 (Spain)
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