Bananas

Bananas
by Woody Allen

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Actor: Carlos Montalb?n, Howard Cosell, Louise Lasser, Woody Allen
Director: Woody Allen
Brand: ALLEN,WOODY
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 82 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-07-05
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)

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Movie Review: As prophetic as it is funny
Summary: 5 Stars

It's amazing this film was made in 1971, because it wasn't until ten years later that our government began to reel from criticism due to our involvement in El Salvador, Nicaragua and elsewhere in Latin America, in the Middle East and other parts of the world. The knowledge that we actually did (and still do) support roving death squads, military dictatorships, the overthrow of democratically elected governments etc makes "Bananas" decidedly less funny, at least to those of us who're old enough to remember the Reagan/Bush Sr. years. But still this is classic, early (if at times uneven) Woody Allen. Just a single scene, where the carriers of two men on crucifixes start to fight over a parking space, makes this film worth the cost of admission. It's one of the funniest clips ever put on film IMO, and is an astonishingly insightful commentary on religion in general.

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Woody Allen's second film as a director, co-writer and star takes parody to the extreme with a brilliant send-up of everything from relationships to dictatorships. An early example of what Allen called his "slapdash" approach to comedy, Bananas' broad, fast humor and rapid-fire witticisms form a dazzling kaleidoscope of "inspired ingenuity and comic artistry" (Look). When bumbling product-tester, Fielding Mellish (Allen) is jilted by his girlfriend, Nancy (Louise Lasser),he heads to the tiny republic of San Marcos for a vacation only to become kidnapped by rebels! Oncethe band of rebels seizes power, their leader goes crazy, and they replace him with Mellish, thinking he can save the country. But when Mellish is nabbed by the FBI, he is put on trial for subversionand in a side-splitting courtroom showdownincluding the most hilarious self-cross examination everWoody Allen proves beyond a doubt that he is not only our most gifted satirist he's a master comic artist.

Woody Allen's second film as a director was a wild, unpredictable, and unlikely comedy about a product-tester named Fielding Mellish (Allen), who can't quite connect with the woman of his dreams (Louise Lasser, Allen's ex-wife). He accidentally winds up in South America as a freedom fighter for a guerrilla leader who looks like Castro. Once he assumes power, the new dictator quickly goes insane--which leaves Fielding in charge to negotiate with the U.S. The film is chockfull of wonderfully bizarre gags, such as the dreams Fielding recounts to his shrink about dueling crucified messiahs, vying for a parking place near Wall Street. Look for an unknown Sylvester Stallone in a tiny role--but watch this film for Allen's surprisingly physical (and always verbally dexterous) humor. --Marshall Fine

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