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| Melinda and Melinda combines romantic comedy and drama in a way that Woody Allen, unique among filmmakers, likes to contrast. It takes place in Manhattan and chronicles a pair of crises that give great reign to the funny and serious talents of Chiwetel Ejiofor, Will Ferrell, Jonny Lee Miller, Radha Mitchell, Amanda Peet, Chloë Sevigny and Wallace Shawn. |
(2005) Film
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| CREDITS |
| Directed
by Woody Allen
Writen
by Woody Allen
 Cast
(in credits order)
Will Ferrell .... Hobie
Neil Pepe .... Al
Stephanie Roth Haberle .... Louise
Radha Mitchell .... Melinda
Chloë Sevigny .... Laurel
Chiwetel Ejiofor .... Ellis
Michael J. Farina .... Man with dog
Josh Brolin .... Greg
Jonny Lee Miller .... Lee
Wallace Shawn .... Sy
Larry Pine .... Max
Matt Servitto .... Jack
Arija Bareikis .... Sally
Brooke Smith .... Cassie
Zak Orth .... Peter
Andy Borowitz .... Doug
Amanda Peet .... Susan
Shalom Harlow .... Joan
David Aaron Baker .... Steve
Christina Kirk .... Jennifer
Alyssa Pridham .... Acting student
Katie Kreisler .... Director
Quincy Rose .... 2nd Assistant Director
Steve Carell .... Walt
Richard Holmes .... Party guest
Michelle Durning .... Party guest
Geoffrey Nauffts .... Bud
Yi-wen Jiang .... Shanghai Quartet
Honggang Li .... Shanghai Quartet
Weigang Li .... Shanghai Quartet
Nick Tzavaras .... Shanghai Quartet
Rob Buntzen .... Antique shop owner
Daniel Sunjata .... Billy
Vinessa Shaw .... Stacey
Produced
by
Letty Aronson .... producer
Charles H. Joffe .... executive producer
Helen Robin .... co-producer
Jack Rollins .... executive producer
Stephen Tenenbaum .... executive producer
Cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond
Film Editing by Alisa Lepselter
MPAA:Rated
PG-13 for adult situations involving sexuality, and some
substance material.
Runtime: 100 min
For rating reasons, go to FILMRATINGS.COM,
and MPAA.ORG.
Parents, please refer to PARENTALGUIDE.ORG
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| CD |
Melinda & Melinda
Track Listings
1. Take the 'A' Train -- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
2. Best Things In Life Are Free -- Erroll Garner
3. Somebody Stole My Gal -- Erroll Garner
4. I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart -- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
5. Medley: Memories of You/Moonglow/No Moon At All/Darn that Dream
-- Dick Hyman
6. Concerto in D for String Orchestra: 2.Arioso:Andantino -- English
Chamber Orchestra
7. String Quartet No. 4 -- Shanghai Quartet
8. Prelude 2 Well Tempered Clavier -- Dick Hyman
9. Love Me -- Dick Hyman
10. Don't Get Around Much Anymore -- Dick Hyman
11. In A Mellow Tone -- Duke Ellington
12. Will You Still Be Mine? -- Erroll Garner
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| SYNOPSIS
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 MELINDA AND MELINDA combines romantic comedy and drama in a way that Woody Allen, unique among filmmakers, likes to contrast. It takes place in Manhattan and chronicles a pair of crises that give great reign to the funny and serious talents of Chiwetel Ejiofor, Will Ferrell, Jonny Lee Miller, Radha Mitchell, Amanda Peet, Chloë Sevigny and Wallace Shawn. All the usual Allen areas are explained -- the fragility of love, marital infidelity, sophisticated romance, the inability to communicate. As a character in the movie puts it, “He's despondent, he's desperate, he's suicidal. All the comic elements are in place.”
By his own admission, writer/director Woody Allen has far more ideas for movies than he will ever have time to put on film. The concept for MELINDA AND MELINDA was one of many he spawned over the past several years, but it was one of the most intriguing.  In this film, Allen, one of the most respected filmmakers on the international film landscape for over three decades, explores some of his most beloved terrain: personal struggles with morality, identity, intimacy, jealousy and the vagaries of romantic love. The twist in MELINDA AND MELINDA is introduced in the film’s opening scene, in which four sophisticated New Yorkers enjoy a dinner out on a rainy night. An anecdote provokes a discussion between writers Max (Larry Pine) and Sy (Wallace Shawn) about the dual nature of human drama, symbolizedby the comedy/tragedy mask of theater. Ultimately a comic tale unfolds, pitted against a more dramatic version of itself -- both centered around a somewhat enigmatic woman named Melinda (Radha Mitchell).
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