Middle-aged New York married couple Larry and Carol Lipton suspect foul play when their neighbor Paul House's wife Lillian suddenly drops dead.Middle-aged New York married couple Larry and Carol Lipton suspect foul play when their neighbor Paul House's wife Lillian suddenly drops dead.Middle-aged New York married couple Larry and Carol Lipton suspect foul play when their neighbor Paul House's wife Lillian suddenly drops dead.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 4 nominations total
George J. Manos
- '21 Club' Staff
- (as George Manos)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaDiane Keaton replaced Mia Farrow. Woody Allen had written the lead female role for Farrow, but Keaton got the part following the breakup of the pair's personal relationship. There is a rumor that, despite the very public feuding between her and Allen, Farrow showed up for a costume fitting, and needed to be informed that she was no longer in the movie.
- GoofsAt their neighbors' house, Carol prepares coffee in the kitchen. She makes filter coffee and puts a can of water under the filter. You have to pour water in the machine to warm it up and then go through the filter. The can will be filled with coffee in the end.
- Quotes
Larry Lipton: I can't listen to that much Wagner, ya know? I start to get the urge to conquer Poland.
- SoundtracksI Happen to Like New York
(1930)
Written by Cole Porter
Performed by Bobby Short
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
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Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
This movie almost defines delightful--at least for people who already like Woody Allen. (For some, Allen will always be irritating, no matter how brilliant the movie.)
Without a shred of pretension, and without really any suspense in the usual murder mystery way, we get sucked into what is perhaps the most believable of murder mysteries ever. The reason is simple. It's told as if two very ordinary, slightly bookish, not so slightly neurotic New Yorkers stumble on a murder.
It's the story of what we would all do if we thought our neighbor had murdered his wife. The bumbling, the doubts, the revelations, the sneaking around, the giggling.
It helps (a lot) that we have the reuniting of Allen with Diane Keaton, and it's a nice breeze in the room to have both Alan Alda at his ordinary guy best and Angelica Huston as a true New Yorker brimming with confidence and savvy. (Huston is from California, a daughter in the famous movie family. Alda, nicely enough, is a New Yorker for real.)
Don't expect anything deep, hilarious, or clever (three of the many intentions in Allen's movies). But it's really well made, superbly written, acted with utter believability, paced with snap, and filled with small surprises. Using the crack team Allen had in place in this period (set designer, photographer, editor, etc.), almost nothing could go wrong. As long as you like this kind of thing in the first place--a Woody Allen movie in the easy going vein.
I loved it.
This movie almost defines delightful--at least for people who already like Woody Allen. (For some, Allen will always be irritating, no matter how brilliant the movie.)
Without a shred of pretension, and without really any suspense in the usual murder mystery way, we get sucked into what is perhaps the most believable of murder mysteries ever. The reason is simple. It's told as if two very ordinary, slightly bookish, not so slightly neurotic New Yorkers stumble on a murder.
It's the story of what we would all do if we thought our neighbor had murdered his wife. The bumbling, the doubts, the revelations, the sneaking around, the giggling.
It helps (a lot) that we have the reuniting of Allen with Diane Keaton, and it's a nice breeze in the room to have both Alan Alda at his ordinary guy best and Angelica Huston as a true New Yorker brimming with confidence and savvy. (Huston is from California, a daughter in the famous movie family. Alda, nicely enough, is a New Yorker for real.)
Don't expect anything deep, hilarious, or clever (three of the many intentions in Allen's movies). But it's really well made, superbly written, acted with utter believability, paced with snap, and filled with small surprises. Using the crack team Allen had in place in this period (set designer, photographer, editor, etc.), almost nothing could go wrong. As long as you like this kind of thing in the first place--a Woody Allen movie in the easy going vein.
I loved it.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Un misterioso asesinato en Manhattan
- Filming locations
- 21 Club - 21 West 52nd Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(between Fifth and Sixth Avenues)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $13,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $11,330,911
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,015,360
- Aug 22, 1993
- Gross worldwide
- $11,330,911
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