The Purple Rose of Cairo
by Woody Allen
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Actor: Danny Aiello, Irving Metzman, Jeff Daniels, Mia Farrow, Stephanie FarrowDirector: Woody Allen
Brand: ALLEN,WOODY
Cinematographer: Gordon Willis
Writer: Woody Allen
Producer: Charles H. Joffe
Producer: Gail Sicilia
Producer: Jack Rollins
Producer: Michael Peyser
Producer: Robert Greenhut
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 82 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-11-06
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of The Purple Rose of Cairo
Movie Review: Nice Mix Makes This Inventive Film Appealing
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a unique storyline - a character comes right out of the movie screen to join the "real" world - at the time. I've seen several others copy this sort of thing since, although it also was done in some silent comedies, too, if memory serves.
Nonetheless, it was done well here and I got a kick out of watching it back in the '80s as part of a good fantasy, romance, drama and comedy film by Woody Allen, who made this movie but is not on screen.
Jeff Daniels does a terrific job in a dual role, playing Tom Baxter and Gil Shepherd. One an actor, the other a "real-life" guy. Mia Farrow is appealing, as she usually was, as "Cecilia." Danny Aiello is another usually-interesting actor who gets your attention no matter who he is playing.
An inventive film that still holds up today. Its hard to believe this movie is almost 25 years old.
Summary of The Purple Rose of Cairo
Farrow is a depression-era waitress whose fantasy comes true when her screen idol steps off the screen to be with her. The actors are left in a scene they can't escape and the movie-makers are panicked when they try to get the actor back.Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG
Release Date: 7-SEP-2004
Media Type: DVD
One of the high points of Woody Allen's career. Cecilia (Mia Farrow), a depression-era waitress married to a brutish husband (Danny Aiello), finds her only escape at the movies, her current favorite being a light comedy about an explorer among socialites, called The Purple Rose of Cairo. She sees it so many times that the main character, Tom Baxter (Jeff Daniels), falls in love with her and steps off the screen to woo her. When news of this gets back to the movie studio, the producers send the actor who played Baxter (also Daniels) to convince Baxter to get back on the screen. The script is one of Allen's funniest, but underlying the whole story is a current of sadness that gives the movie's ending a surprising impact. Allen himself considers The Purple Rose of Cairo to be his personal favorite of his own films. A gem. --Bret Fetzer
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