Bullets over Broadway 1994

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 98 min

genre: comedy

theme: black comedy

director: Woody Allen

Score: 6 / 10

Bullets over Broadway is a 1994 American black comedy crime film directed by Woody Allen, written by Allen and Douglas McGrath and starring an ensemble cast including John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Chazz Palminteri and Jennifer Tilly.

Plot

In 1928, David Shayne is an idealistic young playwright newly arrived on Broadway. In order to gain financing for his play, God of Our Fathers, he agrees to hire actress Olive Neal, the girlfriend of a gangster. She is demanding and talentless, but her gangster escort Cheech turns out to be a genius, who constantly comes up with excellent ideas for revising the play.

Awards

Cast

More details

author	Douglas McGrath Woody Allen
award	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male National Board of Review: Top Ten Films National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
contentLocation	New York City
director	Woody Allen
editor	Susan E. Morse
genre	comedy crime
keywords	alcoholic alcoholism begin broadway broadway theatre cheat claim finance leading lady leading man opening night partner playwright seduction seductive significant other
musicBy	Dick Hyman
nomination	Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay
producer	Charles H. Joffe Jack Rollins Jean Doumanian Letty Aronson Robert Greenhut
publisher	Miramax Films
theme	black comedy crime comedy mafia comedy satirical