Woody Allen: A Documentary

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Woody Allen: A Documentary

2012,

1h 53m,

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Filmmaker Robert B. Weide chronicles the life of the actor, comedian and director and his creative processes.

Critics Consensus

Driving aside the most polemical aspects of the director's biography, Woody Allen: A Documentary draws an interesting picture of the filmmaker's opus while allowing some glimpses of his intense personal life.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Jun 7, 2012

3/5

This documentary is a pleasure, though we don't get too far beneath the surface.

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Robbie Collin

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Jun 7, 2012

3/5

There is more to Woody Allen: A Documentary than its modest title suggests, although perhaps not quite enough to justify swapping that "a" for "the".

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

Jun 7, 2012

4/5

I could have watched this armada forever. The clips alone, from Sleeper, Annie Hall, Zelig and others, pageant his greatness.

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Michael Leader

Den of Geek

May 7, 2024

3/5

For the newcomers, the curious and those willing to find out more about Woody, Weide tells a good tale.

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Alexandra Hayward

CineVue

Jan 8, 2019

3/5

Why do we love? Why do we die? Weide's biography talks about the filmmakers's life neither as iconic nor a piece of scandalous tabloid fodder, but as a quest to explore our most basic human concerns.

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Yasmin Shehab

Cairo360

Sep 28, 2017

2.5/5

There's nothing innovative or particularly interesting about the film's structure; it is a chronological timeline of Allen's work and doesn't contain much of what may be regarded as new information to the director's fans.

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Hagrid W

Jan 5, 2018

#woodyallenretro Podcast Project Robert Weide puts together a super comprehensive look at Woodys life from a young boy to his early comic days and then to his growing movie endeavours - and unlike most celebrity documentaries Woody himself takes us through this deep dive every step of the way, making it much more immersive and flavoursome that other docs of the same ilk. Even as a big fan of Allen, this long and in depth journey shines light on many of Allens quirky processes and even getting some rare on set footage of his filming style. This one is certainly a teat for fans and even non fans may get some welcome surprises on Woody's professional career as well as fun thoughts and opinions by actors, directors and people of interest from Hollywood - this is a full hardy and fun watch and we HAVE to give hats off to Weide for getting Woody on board to even do this in such a surprising and supportive way.

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Hermione R

Aug 16, 2017

This thing is nearly four hours long, yet it's so perfectly paced and incisive I could watch it for another four. Better yet, what I really wanna do is go through and watch every single Woody Allen movie in chronological order...including the bad ones.

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Robert B. Weide

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Letty Aronson

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Marshall Brickman

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Josh Brolin

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Robert B. Weide chronicles the life of the actor, comedian and director and his creative processes.

Director: Robert B. Weide
Producer: Robert B. Weide
Screenwriter: Robert B. Weide
Production Co: Rat Entertainment
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2016
Runtime: 1h 53m

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