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You are in: Play It Again Sam [1972]
starring:
Woody Allen,
Diane Keaton,
Tony Roberts,
Jerry Lacy,
Susan Anspach,
Jennifer Salt,
Joy Bang,
Viva,
Susanne Zenor,
Diana Davila,
Mari Fletcher,
Michael Greene,
Ted Markland,
Tom Bullockdirected by:
Herbert Ross
Price: £19.95
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Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Binding: VHS Tape
Brand: Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
EAN: 5013037193848
Format: HiFi Sound, PAL
Label: Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageAnalogSpanishOriginal LanguageAnalog
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
Release Date: September 22, 2025
Running Time: 82 minutes
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
Theatrical Release Date: May 04, 2026
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.co.uk Review:
Written for the stage and coherently opened up for the screen by veteran director Herbert Ross, Play It Again, Sam is closer to a conventional comedy than Woody Allen's more self-contained films but his smart script and archetypal hero-nebbish achieve a special charm aimed squarely at movie buffs. Allen is Allan Felix, a film critic on the rebound after his wife's desertion, trying to brave the choppy waters of born-again bachelorhood and struggling to reconcile his celluloid obsessions with the hazards of real-world dating. His apartment is a shrine to Humphrey Bogart and it's none other than Bogey himself who materialises at strategic moments to counsel Allan on romantic strategy. He gets more corporeal aid from his married friends, Linda (Diane Keaton) and Dick (Tony Roberts), who try to orchestrate prospective matches and reassure him when those chemistry experiments explode. When Allan finds himself falling in love with Linda, the dissonance between fantasy and reality proves both funny and poignant--a precursor to the deeper emotionalism missing from the star's earlier directorial efforts that was soon to inform Allen's most affecting 70s comedies. It's also the start of his onscreen relationship with Keaton, further underscoring Allen's evolution toward a more satisfying contemplation of the friction between head and heart. --Sam Sutherland
Average Rating:
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Although not technically a definitive Woody Allen film, given that he didn't actually direct it, Play It Again Sam is, nevertheless, very much the formation of the Woody Allen style that would develop throughout the rest of the 1970's. Here you can see definite shades of Annie Hall, Hannah and her Sisters and Manhattan starting to come to fruition, both in the writing and the story development, and also in the characterisation. This is really the best place to start for those new to Allen's ... Read More
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ALthough this film has many sentimental, moving moments (all centred on Allen's dilemma concerning his best pal's wife), this is cleverly countered with the hilarious attempts by Allen to appear cool and debonaire in front of his many 'dates'.
The scene which has me in stitches everytime I see it is the one set in Allen's flat when he is presented with his first blind date by his match-making friends. The film also contains many scenes where Allen is able to show off his genius for comic timing such as ... Read More
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Highly recommended as an extremely funny film starring Woody Allen.
Contrary to what some of the other reviews suggest, this is not a film DIRECTED by Allen - the director was Herbert Ross. Woody simply stars in the lead role, which he had played with great success in the stage version.
If you like Woody, however, you will be very much at home here. His trademark humour is well in evidence, and, yes, he still can't get the girl. Some great one-liners and some hilarious slapstick moments ... Read More
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Wonderfully warm and witty, 'Play It Again Sam' is sure to endear the neurotic, bumbling Allan Felix to even the hardest of hearts.
Woody Allen is as watchable as ever and steals all the best lines from a sparkling script. However, Diane Keaton is his perfect foil and their chemistry is as lucid as ever. Tony Roberts and Jerry Lacy, wittily capturing Bogart's laconic nuances, provide stoic support.
This isn't perhaps one of Woody's most complete films but it's certainly one of the funniest ... Read More
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For anyone who's been divorced then this bitter-sweet comedy will appeal. Woody Allen playing Allen is divorced in the most insensitive way possible by his wife. She simply tells him they are emotionally incomatible and that she doesn't dig him in bed. In an effort to get over this Allen embarks on a series of disasterous dates, with women who are too tall, too complicated or just too amorous for him. Eventually he finds that he is really in love with his best friend's wife Linda, played by the beautiful Dianne ... Read More