How much did Manhattan gross?

Manhattan grossed $40.2M worldwide on a budget of $9.0M.

Where was Manhattan filmed?

Manhattan was filmed in New York City.

Manhattan

Name: Manhattan
Director: Woody Allen
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 1979-04-25
Duration: 1 h 36 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep

1979

Become a fan of its genres:

7.7/10

Release Date

25/04/1979

Popularity

🍅 Rotten Tomatoes

93%

🎬 Internet Movie Database

78%

Ⓜ️ Metacritic

83%

A Film by Woody Allen

Isaac Davis is a forty-two-year-old television comedy writer, twice divorced, who lives in New York. While he tries to write the introduction to a book about a man in love with the city, the film shows his routine: a job that bores him and a relationship with Tracy, a seventeen-year-old student at Dalton School. Isaac wants to quit the job he can't stand and starts to rethink his life. The film opens with a montage of images of Manhattan set to George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, while Isaac's voice-over reads from his drafts. Woody Allen directs the film and also plays the lead.

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Facts about Manhattan

Releases, age ratings, box office, post-credit scenes and more.

Post-credits sceneNone

Worldwide premiereApril 18, 1979

Runtime1 h 36 min

Original languageEnglish

CountryUnited States

Production companiesUnited Artists, Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions

Budget$9.0M

Worldwide box office$40.2M

Return on investmentx4.5 Box office hit

Based onTrue story

Trailer views73K

More ratings

3.9/5Letterboxd75/100Trakt8.3/10Metacritic (público)3.5/4Roger Ebert

Awards for Manhattan

4total awards

2total nominations

Oscars 2 nom.

Awards won

1980Bodil Award for Best American Film
—César Award
—César Award for Best Foreign Film · Woody Allen
—National Board of Review Award for Best Film

Nominations

1980Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1980Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Manhattan Cast

Woody AllenIsaac Davis

Diane KeatonMary Wilkie

Michael MurphyYale

Mariel HemingwayTracy

Meryl StreepJill

Anne Byrne HoffmanEmily

Karen LudwigConnie

Michael O'DonoghueDennis

Gary WeisTelevision Director

Kenny VanceTelevision Producer

Tisa FarrowParty Guest

Damion ShellerIke's Son

Wallace ShawnJeremiah

Helen HanftParty Guest

Bella AbzugGuest of Honor

Victor TruroParty Guest

Charles LevinTelevision Actor #1

Karen AllenTelevision Actor #2

David RascheTelevision Actor #3

Mark Linn-BakerShakespearean Actor

Frances ConroyShakespearean Actress

Bill AnthonyPorsche Owner #1

John DoumanianPorsche Owner #2

Raymond SerraPizzeria Waiter

Tobin BellMan on Street (uncredited)

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Cast of Manhattan by the numbers

34average cast age in years

10years of age gap between the leads

45%women in the cast

22%women in the crew

The youngest in the main cast: Mariel Hemingway, age 17 at release. The oldest: Woody Allen, at 43.

Cast ages at release

Woody Allen43 years old
Diane Keaton33 years old
Michael Murphy40 years old
Mariel Hemingway17 years old
Meryl Streep29 years old
Anne Byrne Hoffman35 years old
Karen Ludwig36 years old
Michael O'Donoghue39 years old

Cast heights

1.80 mMariel Hemingway
1.70 mMark Linn-Baker
1.68 mMeryl Streep
1.65 mWoody Allen
1.65 mKaren Allen

Crew

AddressWoody Allen
WritingWoody Allen, Marshall Brickman
PhotographyGordon Willis
EditingSusan E. Morse
Production designMel Bourne
Costume designAlbert Wolsky
CastingJuliet Taylor
ProductionCharles H. Joffe

Trivia about Manhattan

Woody Allen decided to shoot the film in black and white because that's how he remembered New York from his childhood. The idea came from his childhood memories more than from any technical considerations.

The famous shot of the Queensboro Bridge was filmed at five in the morning. The crew had to bring their own bench, because there were no park benches at the location.

After finishing the film, Allen was deeply unhappy with the result and asked United Artists not to release it. He offered to direct another one for free.

In his 2020 autobiography, Allen writes that the character of Tracy is based on Stacey Nelkin, his real-life girlfriend in the late seventies.

A concert scene features part of the first movement of Mozart's Symphony No. 40, alongside the Gershwin music that makes up the soundtrack.

"Manhattan" grossed 39,946,780 dollars in the United States and Canada, according to the figure IMDb records for the film.

The film earned two Academy Award nominations: Best Supporting Actress for Mariel Hemingway and Best Original Screenplay for Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman.

On May 31, 1979, "Manhattan" had grossed 14,738,949 dollars and was outperforming "Annie Hall" over the same period with a similar number of screenings.

Sources: Wikipedia (English)

What it's about Manhattan

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What Manhattan is called in other countries

It was released in 16 countries, each in its own language.

Japanマンハッタン
South Korea맨하탄
China曼哈顿
RussiaМанхэттен
BulgariaМанхатън
Georgiaმანჰეტენი
GreeceΜανχάταν
Hong Kong曼克頓
Israelמנהטן
LatviaManhetena
LithuaniaManhetenas
SerbiaMenhetn

See the remaining 4 countries

Taiwan曼哈頓
Thailandแมนแฮตตัน
UkraineМангеттен
VietnamChuyện Tình Manhattan

Where it was filmed Manhattan

FilmingWhere the story takes place

Filming locations

Where the Story Takes Place

Quotes by Manhattan

You rely too much on the brain. The brain is the most overrated organ.
[to Isaac Davis] It's just gossip, you know. Gossip is the new pornography.
[to Isaac Davis] Not everybody gets corrupted. You've got to have faith in people.
[to Yale and Emily Pollack and Tracy] Talent is luck. The important thing in life is courage.
[to Yale Pollack] You shouldn't ask me for advice. When it comes to relationships with women, I'm the winner of the August Strindberg Award.
[to Tracy] I think that people should mate for life, like pigeons or Catholics.

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