Crimes & Misdemeanors Movie Review 1989

One of Allen's most mature films, exploring a whole range of moral ambiguities through the parallel and eventually interlocking stories of a nebbish filmmaker--who agrees to make a profile of a smug Hollywood TV comic and then sabotages it--and an esteemed ophthalmologist who is being threatened with exposure by his neurotic mistress. Intriguing mix of drama and comedy few directors could pull off. Look for Daryl Hannah in an unbilled cameo.

Distribution

Orion Home Video, MGM, 2500 Broadway, 3515, Santa Monica, CA 90404-3036, Phone: (310)449-3000, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 104 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, Doctors & Nurses, Ethics & Morals, Blindness, New York, New York, Screen Teams: Allen & Farrow

Screenplay

Woody Allen

Cast

Martin Landau, Woody Allen, Alan Alda, Mia Farrow, Joanna Gleason, Anjelica Huston, Jerry Orbach, Sam Waterston, Claire Bloom, Jenny Nichols, Caroline Aaron, Daryl Hannah, Nora Ephron, Jerry Zaks

Cinematography

Sven Nykvist

Director

Woody Allen

Producer

Orion Pictures

Awards

Natl. Bd. of Review 1989: Support. Actor (Alda); N.Y. Film Critics 1989: Support. Actor (Alda); Writers Guild 1989: Orig. Screenplay.