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Deconstructing Harry streaming

1997 Movie United States Drama, Comedy 92 min Ages 15+
By: Woody Allen With: Robin Williams, Peter McRobbie, Sunny Chae, Annette Arnold, Judy Bauerlein

Harry Block is a well-regarded novelist whose tendency to thinly-veil his own experiences in his work, as well as his un-apologetic attitude and his proclivity for pills and whores, has left him with three ex-wives that hate him. As he is about to be honored for his writing by the college that expelled him, he faces writer's block and the impending marriage of his latest flame to a writer friend. As scenes from his stories and novels pass and interact with him, Harry faces the people whose lives he has affected - wives, lovers, his son, his sister.

Filmium rating
73%

Festival Achievements

Rotterdam International Film Festival 1998
Selections:
main programme

Mood

Bittersweet
Dark Comedy
Self-Revelatory

Cast & Crew

Woody Allen
Amy Irving
Linda Perri
Kirstie Alley
Joe Buck
Lortensia Hayes
Tony Sirico
Sunny Chae
Joel Leffert
Si Picker
Alicia Meer
Daisy Prince
Floyd Resnick
Arden Myrin
Stanley Tucci
Bob Balaban
Demi Moore
Billy Crystal
Eugene Troobnick
Richard Benjamin
Barbara Hollander
Elisabeth Shue
Jonathan LaPaglia
Eric Lloyd
Philip Bosco
Viola Harris
Daniel Wolf
Tracey Lynne Miller
Kenneth Edelson
Tony Darrow
Tobey Maguire
John Doumanian
Waltrudis Buck
Victoria Hale
Peter Castellotti
Julie Kavner
Timothy Jerome
Hy Anzell
Dan Moran
Shifra Lerer
Caroline Aaron
Peter McRobbie
Scotty Bloch
Howard Spiegel
Juliet Gelfman-Randazzo
Mariel Hemingway
Dan Frazer
Ralph Pope
Irwin Charone
Judy Bauerlein
Paul Giamatti
Eric Bogosian
Ray Garvey
Lynn Cohen
Judy Davis
Alexa Aronson
Phyllis Burdoe
Marvin Chatinover
David S. Howard
Hazelle Goodman
Amanda Barudin
Frederick Rolf
Jennifer Garner
Irving Metzman
Jane Hoffman
Ray Aranha
Adam Rose
Elisabeth Kieselstein-Cord
Robin Williams
Annette Arnold
Robert Harper
Brian McConnachie
Peter Jacobson
Stephanie Roth Haberle
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Ensemble Cast

Adaptation

Loosely Based On Personal Experiences

Budget

Mid-Budget

Cinematic Technique

Blurred Focus
Dream Sequences
Visual Metaphors

Film Movements

Independent Film

Narrative Structure

Flashbacks
Metafiction
Non-Linear

Pace

Episodic
Moderate
Reflective

Runtime

Episodic
Long

Soundtrack

Jazz Influences
Thematic Score

Style

Cinematic
Flashbacks
Surreal Sequences

Time-Period

1990S

Central Conflict

Alienation
Public Vs. Private Life
Writer'S Personal And Artistic Struggles

Characters

Ex-Wife
Fictions
Prostitute
Son
Writer

Ending

Ambiguous
Self-Acceptance
Writer'S Renewal

Historical Context

1990S
Postmodernism

Key Plot Points

Fictional Confrontations
Kidnapping Son
Trip To University

Plot

Art Vs. Life
Self-Reflection
Writer'S Existential Crisis

Setting

Carnival
New York City
University

Shooting Location

Carnival
New York
Upstate University

Theme

Artificiality Of Life
Artistic Alienation
Self-Examination

Genre

Art-House
Black Comedy
Drama

Audiences

Adults
Art-House Viewers
Cinephiles

Titles

Deconstructing Harry

Awards

Oscar Nomination For Screenplay

Festivals

Rotterdam

Reception

Critically Positive
Festival Nominations
Mixed Audience Response

Production Countries

United States

Release Year

1997
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