Woody Allen

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q25089: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Annie Hall (1977); Manhattan (1979); Hannah and Her Sisters (1986); Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989); Sweet and Lowdown (1999); Cassandra's Dream; Match Point; New York Stories; Scoop; Sleeper; unspecified; unspecified films with Kevin Dunn. Count them as actor (1 film) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Raging Bull (1980): 1 line

unmapped (zeitgeist precedent) · through Annie Hall (1977), which they directed: Annie Hall ⇒ Raging Bull (the host's read). Annie Hall established the late-70s map for human-frailty stories with comedy and fragile men, which Scorsese then exploited to horrify.
“part of that map is is Annie Hall.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 1:32:35 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

When Harry Met Sally (1989): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Woody Allen ⇒ When Harry Met Sally (the host's read). A speaker says Harry Met Sally uses New York as a character, which was the Woody Allen trick.
“Well, and it uses New York too as like a real character, which was the Woody Allen trick.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:06:52 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (15) everyone in directing

director/star, Annie Hall (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Raging Bull with David Krumholtz)
director, Crimes and Misdemeanors (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis)
director, Sweet and Lowdown (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak)
director/star, Manhattan (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Star 80 with Julie Klausner)
director, New York Stories (The Rewatchables, ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey)
director, Annie Hall (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
director/collaborator, Annie Hall (The Rewatchables, ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins)
director, Manhattan (The Rewatchables, ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel)
director Neeson worked for, unspecified (The Rewatchables, 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano)
director, Match Point (The Big Picture, The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’)
director, Scoop (The Big Picture, The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’)
director, Hannah and Her Sisters (The Big Picture, The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’)
director, Cassandra's Dream (Blank Check — Patreon, Doctor Sleep)
director, Sleeper (Blank Check — Patreon, 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free))
director, unspecified films with Kevin Dunn (Blank Check — Patreon, Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free))

Other (2) everyone in other

approached to play Dr. Marvin, direct, possibly co-write, What About Bob? (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
what-if lead / earliest option, never contacted, Eyes Wide Shut (Blank Check — Patreon, Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free))

Acting (1) everyone in acting

actor/director, Annie Hall (The Rewatchables, ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel)

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

career (career): Kevin Dunn → Woody Allen. Woody Allen cast Dunn in several films to play the same role.
“It's so weird how Woody Allen has put him in like 6 movies to play the same role”
Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:58:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

lineage (lineage): Woody Allen → Annie Hall. Juliet traces the first rom-com era to Woody Allen and 'the sort of Annie Hall of it all'.
“I think that's the sort of Annie Hall of it all can't be ignored fully”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:04:39 · Juliet Litman (0.75 sure it was them)
lineage (lineage): When Harry Met Sally → Woody Allen. A speaker says Harry Met Sally uses New York as a character, which was the Woody Allen trick.
“Well, and it uses New York too as like a real character, which was the Woody Allen trick.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:06:52 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

people (1)

people (people): Diane Keaton → Woody Allen. Keaton had long relationships with Allen, Beatty and Pacino.
“she dated Woody Allen, Warren Beatty, Al Pacino.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 1:07:56 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

what-if (casting what-if): Woody Allen → What About Bob?. Woody Allen was approached to play Dr. Marvin, direct, and possibly co-write; he turned it down.
“Woody Allen was approached to play Dr. Leo Marvin, was also considered to direct, which is bizarre, and possibly co-write the script.”
The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:47:34 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if casting): Woody Allen → Eyes Wide Shut. At different times Kubrick wanted a Woody Allen version of the movie.
“at different times, he wanted to make a Woody Allen version of this movie.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:39:13 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.