Woody Allen: A Documentary

Nov 20, 2011

3h 13m

★ 6.8

Manhattan, movies & me

Overview

An intense portrait of the iconic filmmaker, writer, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen: his life, family and friends; his writing and directing habits, and his relationship with performers.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Whyaduck Productions

RAT Entertainment

Mike's Movies

Insurgent Docs

American Masters Pictures

Thirteen

Woody Allen: A Documentary Trailers

Cast

Self

Woody Allen

Self

Letty Aronson

Self

Antonio Banderas

Self

Marshall Brickman

Self

Josh Brolin

Self

Dick Cavett

Self

Penélope Cruz

Self

John Cusack

Self

Larry David

Self

F. X. Feeney

Self

Seth Green

Self

Robert Greenhut

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