MOVIE SYNOPSIS

Woody ALLEN - The Purple Rose of Cairo


RELEASE DATE 1985

CAST Danny Aiello (Monk), Jeff Daniels (Tom Baxter--Gil Shepard), Mia Farrow (Cecilia), Van Johnson, Dianne Wiest (Emma)

GENRE comedy

RUNNING TIME 82 mn

DIRECTOR Woody Allen

SCREENPLAY Woody Allen

AWARD British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) : Best Film

SYNOPSIS
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey Depression-era America. She's married to a brutish husband and finds her only escape at the movies. Her favourite movie is a light comedy about an explorer, called The Purple Rose of Cairo. She sees it so many times that the main character, Tom Baxter , falls in love with her and steps off the screen to woo her. When the movie studio learns about it, the producers try to convince Baxter to get back on the screen. The script is one of Allen's funniest. Allen himself considers The Purple Rose of Cairo to be his personal favourite of his own films.


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