Overview
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.
Fun facts
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Nominations
2 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Writing, Original Screenplay (1988)
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Box office
Grossed $14.8M worldwide on a $16M budget
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Setting
Set in Brooklyn and New York City
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Music
Music by Dick Hyman
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Carlo Di Palma
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Woody AllenWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 30, 1987
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $16M
- Revenue
- $14.8M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Danny AielloRocco
Jeff DanielsBiff Baxter
Mia FarrowSally White
Seth GreenJoe
Robert JoyFred
Julie KavnerMother
Diane KeatonNew Year's Singer- Julie KurnitzIrene
Renée LippinAunt Ceil
Kenneth MarsRabbi Baumel
Josh MostelAbe
Tony Roberts"Silver Dollar" Emcee
Wallace ShawnMasked Avenger
Michael TuckerFather
David WarrilowRoger
Dianne WiestAunt Bea
Mike StarrBurglar
Paul HermanBurglar
Don Pardo"Guess That Tune" Host- Martin RosenblattMr. Needleman
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