Manhattan (1979) On DVD

Actor:           Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, Michael Murphy, Meryl Streep
Director:      Woody Allen
Genre:          Comedy
Year:            1979
Studio:         Mgm Entertainment
Length:        94
Released:   July 5, 2000
Rating:         Restricted (MPAA Rating)
Format:        DVD
Misc:            NTSC, Black & White, Color
Language:  English,Spanish 
Subtitles  :  French, Spanish 

DESCRIPTION:

Nominated for two Academy AwardsÂ(r)* in 1979 and considered "one of Allen's most enduring accomplishments" (Boxoffice), Manhattan is a wry, touching and finely rendered portrait of modern relationships against the backdrop of urban alienation. Sumptuously photographed in black and white (Allen's first film in that format) and accompanied by a magnificent Gershwin score, Woody Allen's aesthetic triumph is a "prismatic portrait of a time and a place that may be studied decades hence" (Time). 42-year-old Manhattan native Isaac Davis (Allen) has a job he hates, a seventeen-year-old girlfriend, Tracy (Mariel Hemingway), he doesn't love and a lesbian ex-wife, Jill (Meryl Streep), who's writing a tell-all book about their marriage and whom he'd like to strangle. But when he meets his best friend's sexy intellectual mistress, Mary (Diane Keaton), Isaac falls head over heels in lust! Leaving Tracy, bedding Mary and quitting his job are just the beginning of Isaac's quest for romance and fulfillment in a city where sex is as intimate as a handshakeandthe gateway to true love is a revolving door. *Supporting Actress (Hemingway); Original Screenplay