A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 3 wins & 10 nominations total
Mick Murray
- Avenger Crook
- (as Michael Murray)
Renée Lippin
- Ceil
- (as Renee Lippin)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOf the music in this film, Woody Allen has said in an interview with Stig Björkman: "It originated from an idea that I wanted to pick out a group of songs that were meaningful to me, and each one of those songs suggested a memory. Then this idea started to evolve: how important radio was to me when I was growing up, and how important and glamorous it seemed to everyone".
- GoofsIn one scene, a pack of Camel cigarettes lies on a table, with a clearly visible bar code on the side of the package. The Universal Product Code would not be introduced until the 1970s.
- Quotes
[Last lines]
Narrator: I never forgot that New Year's Eve when Aunt Bea awakened me to watch 1944 come in. I've never forgotten any of those people or any of the voices we would hear on the radio. Though the truth is, with the passing of each New Year's Eve, those voices do seem to grow dimmer and dimmer.
- SoundtracksThe Flight of the Bumblebee
(1899-1900)
Music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performed by Harry James
Courtesy of CBS Records
Played during the opening credits
Featured review
One of the Stronger Woody Films of the 1980s
Joe (Woody Allen), the narrator, explains how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. The young Joe (Seth Green) lives in New York City in the late 1930s and early 1940s. The tale mixes Joe's experiences with his remembrances and anecdotes, inserting his memories of the urban legends of radio stars, and is told in constantly changing plot points and vignettes.
So much greatness in this film. An impressive ensemble cast (between this and "Midsummer Night", Tony Roberts really blossomed under Allen's direction). Great music, excellent stories. And a very young Seth Green, around the same time he appeared on "Amazing Stories". Who would ever have thought he was going to be huge within a decade? Ebert calls the film "so ambitious and so audacious that it almost defies description. It's a kaleidoscope of dozens of characters, settings and scenes - the most elaborate production Allen has ever made - and it's inexhaustible, spinning out one delight after another." Well said, Roger.
So much greatness in this film. An impressive ensemble cast (between this and "Midsummer Night", Tony Roberts really blossomed under Allen's direction). Great music, excellent stories. And a very young Seth Green, around the same time he appeared on "Amazing Stories". Who would ever have thought he was going to be huge within a decade? Ebert calls the film "so ambitious and so audacious that it almost defies description. It's a kaleidoscope of dozens of characters, settings and scenes - the most elaborate production Allen has ever made - and it's inexhaustible, spinning out one delight after another." Well said, Roger.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Días de radio
- Filming locations
- Radio City Music Hall - 1260 6th Avenue, Rockefeller Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(Joe, his Aunt Bea and her date see a movie there)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $16,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $14,792,779
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,522,423
- Feb 1, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $14,792,779
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