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Crimes and Misdemeanors

  • 19891989
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 44m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
58K
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Woody Allen and Martin Landau in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
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  • Comedy
  • Drama
An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
58K
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  • Director
    • Woody Allen
  • Writer
    • Woody Allen
  • Stars
    • Martin Landau
    • Woody Allen
    • Bill Bernstein
Top credits
  • Director
    • Woody Allen
  • Writer
    • Woody Allen
  • Stars
    • Martin Landau
    • Woody Allen
    • Bill Bernstein
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 192User reviews
    • 100Critic reviews
    • 77Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 3 Oscars
      • 16 wins & 26 nominations total

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    Martin Landau
    Martin Landau
    • Judah Rosenthalas Judah Rosenthal
    Woody Allen
    Woody Allen
    • Cliff Sternas Cliff Stern
    Bill Bernstein
    • Testimonial Speakeras Testimonial Speaker
    Claire Bloom
    Claire Bloom
    • Miriam Rosenthalas Miriam Rosenthal
    Stephanie Roth Haberle
    Stephanie Roth Haberle
    • Sharon Rosenthalas Sharon Rosenthal
    • (as Stephanie Roth)
    Gregg Edelman
    Gregg Edelman
    • Chrisas Chris
    George J. Manos
    • Photographeras Photographer
    • (as George Manos)
    Anjelica Huston
    Anjelica Huston
    • Dolores Paleyas Dolores Paley
    Jenny Nichols
    • Jennyas Jenny
    Joanna Gleason
    Joanna Gleason
    • Wendy Sternas Wendy Stern
    Alan Alda
    Alan Alda
    • Lesteras Lester
    Sam Waterston
    Sam Waterston
    • Benas Ben
    Zina Jasper
    • Carolas Carol
    Dolores Sutton
    Dolores Sutton
    • Judah's Secretaryas Judah's Secretary
    Joel Fogel
    • T.V. Produceras T.V. Producer
    • (as Joel S. Fogel)
    Donna Castellano
    • T.V. Produceras T.V. Producer
    Thomas Crowe
    • T.V. Produceras T.V. Producer
    • (as Thomas P. Crow)
    Mia Farrow
    Mia Farrow
    • Halley Reedas Halley Reed
    • Director
      • Woody Allen
    • Writer
      • Woody Allen
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Lester is based on Larry Gelbart, whom both Woody Allen and Alan Alda worked with and reportedly disliked because of his despotic ways. Lester's various comments such as "Comedy is tragedy plus time" and "If it bends, it's funny; if it breaks, it isn't" were actual Gelbart quotes. In spite of this reputed dislike for Gelbart, Allen called him "the best comedy writer that I ever knew and one of the best guys" in a statement shortly following Gelbart's death, whilst Alda said in the Los Angeles Times obituary, "Larry's genius for writing changed my life because I got to speak his lines - lines that were so good they'll be with us for a long, long time; but his other genius - his immense talent for being good company - is a light that's gone out and we're all sitting here in the dark".
    • Goofs
      (at 1:31:03) While they are celebrating at the wedding party the theme "Crazy Rhythm" is been played by the jazz orchestra, a muted trumpet can be heard but the trumpet player isn't using one.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Professor Levy: [voiceover] We are all faced throughout our lives with agonizing decisions. Moral choices. Some are on a grand scale. Most of these choices are on lesser points. But! We define ourselves by the choices we have made. We are in fact the sum total of our choices. Events unfold so unpredictably, so unfairly, human happiness does not seem to have been included, in the design of creation. It is only we, with our capacity to love, that give meaning to the indifferent universe. And yet, most human beings seem to have the ability to keep trying, and even to find joy from simple things like their family, their work, and from the hope that future generations might understand more.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Fabulous Baker Boys/Breaking In/Crimes and Misdemeanors/Look Who's Talking (1989)
    • Soundtracks
      Rosalie
      (1937)
      Written by Cole Porter
      Performed by the Jazz Band

    User reviews192

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    Rare film that ventures into Good and Evil Conscience
    Let's begin by declaring that you do not need to be a Woody Allen fan to appreciate this film. As is often the case, Allen's schlemiel character is the least sympathetic and interesting one in the movie.

    But that aside, here's a story that I found thoroughly engaging. Is there a perfect crime? Is guilt the same as remorse? How does a "good" person come to terms with his sins?

    The blind Rabbi: Is God unseeing? The Holocaust survivor philosopher who challenges survival (that's all I can say without spoiling): is there any real redemption?

    The movie has flaws but I give it a "10" for daring to ask serious questions. (And the visit to the old house in Brooklyn has a dynamism that all of us who remember our childhood homes will relate to.)
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    • nlevin11
    • Apr 30, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 3, 1989 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Hebrew
    • Also known as
      • Brothers
    • Filming locations
      • Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $19,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $18,254,702
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $911,385
      • Oct 15, 1989
    • Gross worldwide
      • $18,254,702
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 44 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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