Take the Money and Run (1969) | |
| Director(s) | Woody Allen |
| Producer(s) | Sidney Glazier (executive), Jack Grossberg (associate), Charles H. Joffe, Jack Rollins (uncredited), Edgar J. Scherick (executive uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Crime |
| Top Topics | Heist, Slapstick |
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Take the Money and Run (1969) was a Comedy - Crime Film directed by Woody Allen and produced by Jack Rollins, Edgar J. Scherick, Jack Grossberg, Charles H. Joffe and Sidney Glazier.
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Take the Money and Run (1969)
By Beatrice on May 2, 2020 From Flickers in TimeTake the Money and Run Directed by Woody Allen Written by Woody Allen and Mickey Rose 1969/US IMDb link First viewing/Netflix rental Way before he was sophisticated, Woody Allen was ridiculous … and hilarious. ?This, his directorial debut, is classic early Allen. The film takes the form of a... Read full article
Take the Money and Run (1969)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 10, 2013 From 4 Star FilmsTake the Money and Run (1969)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 10, 2013 From 4 Star FilmsTake the Money and Run (1969, Woody Allen)
on Mar 16, 2009 From The Stop ButtonTake the Money and Run kind of dangles on a line. It’s occasionally a screwball comedy–something the Marx Brothers would have done–and alternately a thought-out spoof of documentaries. The breeze moves the film’s direction and it’s hard to know where it’ll go next... Read full article
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Bank Teller #2: Gun. See? But what does "abt" mean?
Virgil: It's "act". A-C-T. Act natural. Please put fifty thousand dollars into this bag and act natural.
Bank Teller #1: Oh, I see. This is a holdup?
Virgil: After fifteen minutes I wanted to marry her, and after half an hour I completely gave up the idea of stealing her purse.
Virgil: Nobody wears beige to a bank robbery!
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Allen's first cut was deemed to be decidedly unfunny, including his death scene in a slow-mo hail of bullets, like Bonnie and Clyde. Producers Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe convinced him to sit with top editor Ralph Rosenblum to see what could be salvaged. The first thing Rosenblum did was cut out the gory ending, then he restructured the film completely, and generally tightened up Allen's loose narrative. This effort transformed the finished film into a comedy classic. Rosenblum subsequently became Allen's editor of choice on most of his next films, including Bananas, Sleeper, Love and Death and Annie Hall.
The first widely released "mockumentary".
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