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Documentary Filmmaking | New York City
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Best Foreign Screenplay Migliore Sceneggiatura Straniera | 1990 | Woody
Best Supporting Actor | 1989 | Alan
1989 | Woody
Best Original Screenplay | 2010 | Woody
Best Picture | 2010
Best Supporting Actor | 2010 | Martin
Film of the Year | 1991
Director of the Year | 1991 | Woody
Screenwriter of the Year | 1991 | Woody
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | 1990 | Woody
Screenplay Original | 1990 | Woody
Best Director | 1990 | Woody
Best Actor in a Supporting Role | 1990 | Martin
Best Writing Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | 1990 | Woody
Best Motion Picture Drama | 1990
Best Direction | 1991 | Woody
Best Screenplay Original | 1991 | Woody
Best Actor in a Supporting Role | 1991 | Alan
Best Film | 1991 | Woody
Best Editing | 1991 | Susan E.
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | 1991 | Anjelica
Best Supporting Actress | 2010 | Anjelica
Best Supporting Actor | 2010 | Jerry
Best Director | 2010 | Woody
Best Foreign Film | 1990
Best Motion Picture | 1990 | Woody
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | 1990 | Woody
Best Foreign Director Migliore Regista Straniero | 1990 | Woody
Best Foreign Film Miglior Film Straniero | 1990 | Woody
Best Foreign Actress Migliore Attrice Straniera | 1990 | Mia
Best Foreign Actor Migliore Attore Straniero | 1990 | Woody
Best Film | 1990 | Woody
Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture Leading Role | 1990 | Woody
Best Supporting Actor | 1989 | Martin
Budget 19,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 18,254,702 USD
Lester is based on Larry Gelbart, whom both Woody Allen and Alan Alda worked with and reportedly disliked because of his despotic ways. Lester's various comments such as "Comedy is tragedy plus time" and "If it bends, it's funny; if it breaks, it isn't" were actual Gelbart quotes. In spite of this reputed dislike for Gelbart, Allen called him "the best comedy writer that I ever knew and one of the best guys" in a statement shortly following Gelbart's death, whilst Alda said in the Los Angeles Times obituary, "Larry's genius for writing changed my life because I got to speak his lines - lines that were so good they'll be with us for a long, long time; but his other genius - his immense talent for being good company - is a light that's gone out and we're all sitting here in the dark".
The role of Professor Louis Levy, the subject of director Cliff Stern (Woody Allen)'s documentary in this film, is played by a non-actor and a therapist friend of Woody Allen, the world-renowned Martin Bergmann, Clinical Professor of Psychology in the New York University's post-doctoral program.
Woody Allen has said of this film: "Crimes And Misdemeanors is about people who don't see. They don't see themselves as others see them. They don't see the right and wrong situations. And that was a strong metaphor in the movie".
Woody Allen felt that he had been too "nice" to the characters in the end of Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), so he wrote this film as a response to those feelings.
Woody Allen has said of the public reaction to this picture: "When I put out a film that enjoys any acceptance that isn't the most mild or grudging, I immediately become suspicious of it. A certain amount of positive response makes me feel comfortable and proud. Then beyond that, I start to feel convinced that a work of any real finesse and subtlety and depth couldn't be as popular as it is".
"[last lines] Professor Levy: [voiceover] We are all faced throughout our lives with agonizing decisions. Moral choices. Some are on a grand scale. Most of these choices are on lesser points. But! We define ourselves by the choices we have made. We are in fact the sum total of our choices. Events unfold so unpredictably, so unfairly, human happiness does not seem to have been included, in the design of creation. It is only we, with our capacity to love, that give meaning to the indifferent universe. And yet, most human beings seem to have the ability to keep trying, and even to find joy from simple things like their family, their work, and from the hope that future generations might understand more."
"Barbara: You told me it's been platonic for a year. And I say, once the sex goes, it all goes. Cliff Stern: It's true. It's true. The last time I was inside a woman was when I visited the Statue of Liberty."
