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Bullets Over Broadway
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Synopsis
Bullets Over Broadway is a Woody Allen romp that, as the title suggests, combines gangsters with show business at the height of the Roaring Twenties. David Shayne (John Cusack) is a straight-arrow playwright who plans to stand firm against compromising his work, but quickly abandons that stance when his producer (Jack Warden) finds a backer to mount his show on Broadway. There's just one catch, however: the backer is a mobster (Joe Viterelli) who sees Shayne's play as a vehicle for his dizzy, talent-free girlfriend, Olive (Jennifer Tilly). Shayne also has to deal with the demands of veteran theatre diva Helen Sinclair (Dianne Wiest) and is shocked to discover that Olive's hitman bodyguard, Cheech (Chazz Palminteri), is probably a better playwright than he is, as he secretly revises Shayne's work when he sits in on rehearsals. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide

Cast

Jim Broadbent Warner Purcell
John Cusack David Shayne
Chazz Palminteri Cheech
Mary-Louise Parker Ellen
Jennifer Tilly Olive Neal
Tracey Ullman Eden Brent
Joe Viterelli Nick Valenti
Jack Warden Julian Marx
Dianne Wiest Helen Sinclair
Harvey Fierstein Sid Loomis
Rob Reiner Sheldon Flender

Production Crew

Thomas Warren Art Director
Thomas Warren Art Director
Tom Warren Art Director
Thomas A. Reilly Associate Producer
Juliet Taylor Casting
Graciela Daniele Choreography
Carlo Di Palma Cinematographer
Charles H. Joffe Co-producer
Helen Robin Co-producer
Jack Rollins Co-producer
Letty Aronson Co-producer
Jeffrey Kurland Costume Designer
Woody Allen Director
Susan E. Morse Editor
J.E. Beaucaire Executive Producer
Jean Doumanian Executive Producer
Richard Patrick First Assistant Director
Thomas A. Reilly First Assistant Director
Joseph Campayno Makeup
Frank Graziadei Musical Direction/Supervision
Robert Greenhut Producer
Santo Loquasto Production Designer
Helen Robin Production Manager
Jonathan Filley Production Manager
Douglas McGrath Screenwriter
Woody Allen Screenwriter
Amy Marshall Set Designer
Susan Bode-Tyson Set Designer
Year: 1994
Runtime: 99
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
for some language
Category: Feature

Genre
Comedy

Color type
Technicolor prints

Sound
Dolby

Produced by
Miramax

Awards
1994 - Best Picture - Independent Spirit Award
1994 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1994 - Best Screenplay - Independent Spirit Award
1994 - Best Screenplay - Independent Spirit Award
1994 - Best Picture - Independent Spirit Award