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Trivia from Manhattan Murder Mystery

• Lead role written for Mia Farrow, but Diane Keaton got the role following Farrow's famous breakup with the film's director Woody Allen.
• Carol Lipton, played by Diane Keaton, claims to hate wearing a tie with a skirt. She made that look famous playing Annie Hall in Annie Hall (1977).
• Director Trademark: [Woody Allen] [writer] Marcia Fox is a writer.
• Woody Allen was inspired in part by the 1934 classic The Thin Man (1934) movie series, modeling his main characters after Nick and Nora Charles.
• Another recognizable film influence here is Orson Wells's 1947 The Lady From Shanghai
• Woody Allen planned to make his earlier film Annie Hall (1977) a murder mystery, but cut that subplot out and used the initial murder mystery for this movie.
• Manhattan Murder Mystery was actually the generic working title during production - Allen films usually have generic titles during production like "Woody Allen Fall Project" - but since no new title could be thought of, Woody Allen decided to leave that as the title.

Awards and Nominations

• BAFTA Awards
  Year 1995
  Nominated BAFTA Film Award
  Best Actress Supporting
  Anjelica Huston
• Csar Awards, France
  Year 1994
  Nominated Csar
  Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film tranger)
  Woody Allen
• Golden Globes, USA
  Year 1994
  Nominated Golden Globe
  Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
  Diane Keaton