Movie: Annie Hall (1977 Oscar Winner for "Best Picture")

Wednesday, February 1510:00 AM—12:00 PMMeeting Room 133Tufts Library46 Broad Street, Weymouth, MA, 02188

February's Movie Theme is Oscar Winners for "Best Picture" Romances.

The February 15th movie is Annie Hall, which won an Oscar for "Best Picture" in 1977. 

Annie Hall is directed by Woody Allen from a screenplay written by him and Marshall Brickman, and produced by Allen's manager, Charles H. Joffe. The film stars Woody Allen as Alvy Singer, who tries to figure out the reasons for the failure of his relationship with the eponymous female lead, played by Diane Keaton in a role written specifically for her.

The film was highly praised, was nominated for the Big Five Academy Awards, winning four: the Academy Award for Best Picture, two for Allen (Best Director and, with Brickman, Best Original Screenplay), and Best Actress for Keaton. Notably, Annie Hall beat out the original Star Wars for the "Best Picture" award. 

Ranking among the best films ever made, it ranks 31st on AFI's List of the greatest films in American cinema, 4th on their list of greatest comedy films and 28th on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies". Film critic Roger Ebert called it "just about everyone's favorite Woody Allen movie". In 1992, the Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

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