Still from Annie Hall

Movie still

By: Woody Allen

Date: 1977

Source: "Woody Allen and Diane Keaton." 1978. Corbis. Image no. U1926151. Available online at http://pro.corbis.com (accessed July 1, 2003).

About the Artist: Woody Allen (1935–) was born Allen Konigsberg in Brooklyn, New York. When he was sixteen, he failed a college course in filmmaking, so he wrote for radio and television, eventually getting a staff position with Sid Caesar's cast. He also tried standup comedy. His film career began in 1964 when he wrote and acted in What's New, Pussycat? He made his directorial debut in 1969 with Take the Money and Run. His breakthrough film was the Academy Award–winning Annie Hall (1977).

Introduction

In Woody Allen's 1977 film Annie Hall, Annie, played by Diane Keaton, is a budding Midwestern singer, and Alvy, played...

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