Take the Money and Run (1969)
Take the Money and Run (1969)
DVD5 | ISO | NTSC | 4:3 | 720x480 | 6200 kbps | 4.4Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps
01:25:00 | USA | Comedy, Crime
DVD5 | ISO | NTSC | 4:3 | 720x480 | 6200 kbps | 4.4Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps
01:25:00 | USA | Comedy, Crime
This film is presented as a documentary on the life of an incompetent, petty criminal called Virgil Starkwell, played by Woody Allen. It describes the early childhood and youth of Virgil, his failure at a musical career, and his obsession with bank robberies. The film uses a voice over narrative and interviews with his family, friends and acquaintances.
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Janet Margolin, Marcel Hillaire, Jacquelyn Hyde, Lonny Chapman, Jan Merlin, James Anderson, Howard Storm, Mark Gordon, Micil Murphy, Minnow Moskowitz, Nate Jacobson, Grace Bauer, Ethel Sokolow, Dan Frazer, Henry Leff, Mike O'Dowd, Jackson Beck, Louise Lasser, Stanley Ackerman, Thomas Bellin, Michael L. Davis, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Roy Engel, Lynn Foley, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Richard Nixon, Mickey Rose, Paul Schumacher, Mitchell Tunick
Take the Money and Run (1969)
Take the Money and Run (1969)
Woody Allen hit gold with his second film, "Take the Money and Run", which is a basic film that works on so many levels and is memorable strictly for its charm and good wit.
The story follows Allen's Virgil Starkwell, whose life is told in documentary fashion. We learn he had a strange childhood and turned to crime to fulfill his needs. We learn of his romance and sympathize with him as we engage in prison escapes and witness him put in a chain gang. The documentary style might prove to be a "gimmick" of sorts, but it works because had the story been told any other way it simply would not have worked.
Also, "Take the Money" is an early token of what's to come and what the general audience will expect of Allen; smooth drama balanced by fast, witty monologues and lots of self-humiliation. To see this is to witness the early work of the director who ultimately brought us "Bananas", "Sleeper", "Manhattan", and the Oscar-winning "Annie Hall". And if anything, just track it for its over-the-top humor, not as in-your-face funny as "Sleeper" or as sexually hilarious as "Annie Hall", but it's warm and withdrawn, balanced all together by a very good ending (always one of the weaker parts in almost all of Allen's films).
Highly recommended!
~ Runinrider
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Take the Money and Run (1969)
Take the Money and Run (1969)
