Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Movies with a View starts with Annie Hall this Thursday at dusk. Full schedule here.
Woody Allen recently discussed his favorite movies of his, and Annie was not in his top 5. His list:
- Purple Rose of Cairo
- Match Point
- Bullets Over Broadway
- Zelig
- Husbands and Wives
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Agree? What are you Allen faves?



My favorite Woody Allen scene happened in real life. I was seated in a Manhattan restaurant about 20 years ago near Woody and Soon-yi, not long after the whole Mia Farrow thing, where the Woodman started dating his girlfriend’s adopted daugter. Soon-yi was looking crazy underaged with pig tails and an outfit I can only describe as school girl. The Woodster was there looking perversely lecherous. A few of their friends were pretending everything was peachy.
My favorite movie scene is from Take the Money and Run when Woody’s horribly embarassed when the clerk at a store asks loudly how much “Orgasm” magazine costs, because this guy over here (Woody) wants to buy a copy.
Cause thats what I want to do – sit in 100 degrees and watch a movie Ive seen 20 times
Manhattan and Annie Hall were fantastic.
I just saw Vicky Cristina Barcelona and thought it was one of the worst movies ever made. And wasn’t Match Point really just a re-make of Crimes & Misdemeanors with prettier people, real estate, and views?
Oh, Woody…really?
No, I disagree. He knows nothing of his work. How he ever got to be a director of anything is totally amazing.
Heat, no pun intended, sign Wade and Bosh. Can Brooklyn still sign LBJ?. We will find out tomorrow.
can you name the woody allen movie that had a scene on Cranberry street?
Manhattan was filmed on Cranberry along with Moonstruck, Three Days Of The condor and the Valachi Papers.
Another of Woody’s films was filmed on the promenade, Bananas.
Here’s a real New Yorker/Woody Allen test? Who was responsible for starting WWIII in “Sleeper” and what was his signiificance to NY history?
THAT WAS BEFORE
IT WAS DESTROYED
BY THE WAR.
- WAR ?
- YES. ACCORDING TO HISTORY,
OVER 200 YEARS AGO,
A MAN NAMED ALBERT SHANKER (President of the United Federation of Teachers) lol
GOT A HOLD OF A NUCLEAR WARHEAD.
Remember this quote:
“When school children start paying union dues, that ‘s when I’ll start representing the interests of school children.”
You win the gold star KJ. Great follow-up quote.