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Radio Days (1987)

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A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.

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Nominated for 2 Oscars.

Another 3 wins & 9 nominations.

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16 December 2005 | ccthemovieman-1
8
| Nice Piece Of Nostalgia
If you are looking for the normal amount of big laughs from a Woody Allen film, then you will be disappointed here. It's not that kind of film.

I was anything but disappointed, but I knew what the film was all about before I saw it. Actually, what drew me to it was that I had read where this was a wonderful visual film, filled with rich colors and great set designs. It did not let me down. This is a great visual tribute to the 1940s, to be exact from 1938 to 1944. A real treat for the eyes.

The story centers around a Jewish family in Queens and the importance that radio shows had in that day-and-age. Also profiled in here are some of those radio performers.

It does have laughs but not as many as the normal Allen movie because the idea of this is simply to be a nostalgic piece, mainly Allen's tribute to his own family days of growing up, what it was like around his house.

It was interesting to see Seth Green playing Woody as a youngster with flaming red hair. The most interesting person, however, was Diane Wiest who played a man-chasing sister-in-law. The film gives you a real flavor of the period, of New York and of a Jewish family.

Overall, it's simply a nice film....and gorgeous to look at. Sometimes I think some of Allen's work is overrated but, boy, here is one that is definitely underrated.

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The picture is a nostalgic tribute to the "Golden Age of Radio". According to Wikipedia, this era, also known as "Old-Time Radio", "refers to a period of radio programming in the United States lasting from the proliferation of radio broadcasting in the early 1920s until television's replacement of radio as the primary home entertainment medium in the 1950s. During this period, when radio was dominant and filled with a variety of formats and genres, people regularly tuned in to their favorite radio programs".

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Bea: Tess, I can't decide if I should take my vacation on a cruise or go to the mountains. I mean, the men are richer on a cruise, but there's more of them in the resorts. What do you think, Tess?
Mother: Well, I met my husband at a mountain resort. So, I'd ...

Goofs

During the "Pearl Harbor" scene, when the show is canceled due to the bombing, Mia Farrow's character asks, "Do we come back Monday?" Pearl Harbor Day happened on a Sunday, so she would have said "Do we come back tomorrow?"

Soundtracks

Re-Lax Jingle
(1987)
Written by Dick Hyman
Performed by Mia Farrow (uncredited) for a radio ad

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Plot Summary

Genres

Comedy

Details

Release Date:

30 January 1987

Language

English, Spanish, Italian

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Radio City Music Hall - 1260 6th Avenue, Rockefeller Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$16,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,522,423 1 February 1987

Gross USA:

$14,792,779

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$14,792,779

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