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Actors: Woody Allen, Kirstie Alley, Billy Crystal, Demi Moore, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Robin Williams, Tobey Maguire
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Deconstructing Harry |
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DECONSTRUCTING HARRY is a movie written and directed by Woody Allen in 1997. Nominated for the best screenplay directly written for the screen 1997 Oscar.
Harry Block, suffering from the writer's block (!), has to travel through the state in order to be honored by the college that expelled him a long time ago. He finally convinces Cookie, a hooker, a cardiac friend and his own son to come along with him. But his literary creations begin to haunt him while he remembers his three marriages and various scenes of his past.
A great Woody Allen movie.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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A really, really, really wierd movie about a neurotic writer (Allen, of course) who is being honored at a school which he was kicked out of. Along the way, you see some pieces of his story and how they affect the people in his life that they're based on. Look for cameos galore.
--Adam D. Bram, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Deconstructing Harry |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Struggle with
- midlife crisis
- (General) search for meaning/identity
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- writer
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Jew, regular
Battle with shrink/bum?
- battle with a psychiatrist
Coping with loss of loved one?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) very skinny
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- prison
- resort/hotel
- school
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
- A huge amnt of foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
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