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( Catalog Number CC1475L )
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Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989 - 107 min. - Color
Genre: Comedy
Rated PG
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Woody Allen spent most of the 1980s and '90s veering between comedy and drama, and he rarely combined the two with greater success than in Crimes and Misdemeanors, in which he weaved together two stories, one deadly serious, one often funny, both ending in sadness. Martin Landau plays Dr. Judah Rosenthal, a prominent ophthalmologist with a successful practice, a loving family, and a reputation for generous charity work. But Rosenthal also has a secret: his mistress, Dolores (Anjelica Huston). What began as a casual fling has become uncomfortably intimate, and as he tries to break off the relationship, Dolores threatens to expose his infidelity to his wife and some unorthodox financial arrangements to his colleagues. Fearful that Dolores will make good on her threats, Judah confesses his secret to his brother Jack (Jerry Orbach), who has ties to organized crime and offers to "make the problem go away." Meanwhile, Cliff Stern (Woody Allen) is a filmmaker working on his pet project, a documentary about philosopher Prof. Louis Levy (Martin Bergmann). However, films about philosophers don't pay the rent, so Cliff's wife Wendy (Joanna Gleason) arranges for him to make a documentary for public television about her brother Lester (Alan Alda), a famous TV comedian whose vapidity is exceeded only by his arrogance. While Cliff tries to bite the bullet and finish the film, he finds himself falling in love with PBS producer Halley Reed (Mia Farrow). --- Mark Deming

One of Woody Allen's most serious dramatic comedies, Crimes and Misdemeanors invoked comparisons to Hannah and Her Sisters, which Allen had made three years earlier. Similar to Hannah in its novel-like scope, interweaving stories, and rich ensemble acting, Crimes took the previous film's moral and ethical issues one step further: whereas Hannah was primarily concerned with love and loss, Crimes presented questions about the very meaning of human existence. Unabashedly philosophical, Allen's film was also one of his darkest, a relentless pessimism, evocative of Allen's heroes Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, and Anton Chekhov, coming to rest at the conclusion that true love will go unrewarded and the bad will go unpunished. It is a mark of Allen's strength as a director and storyteller that, despite such pessimism, Crimes managed to be a surprisingly funny film, a masterful demonstration of Allen's ability to weave together high comedy and sober drama. An ambitious project that Allen helmed with remarkable self-assurance, Crimes and Misdemeanors further established him as one of the cinema's most reliably cerebral directors. --- Rebecca Flint

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Cast for Crimes and Misdemeanors

Martin Landau - Judah Rosenthal
Woody Allen - Cliff Stern
Mia Farrow - Halley Reed
Alan Alda - Lester
Anjelica Huston - Dolores Paley
Jerry Orbach - Jack Rosenthal
Sam Waterston - Ben
Joanna Gleason - Wendy Stern
Caroline Aaron - Barbara
Claire Bloom - Miriam Rosenthal
Stephanie Roth - Sharon Rosenthal
Jenny Nichols - Jenny
David S. Howard - Sol Rosenthal
Anna Berger - Aunt May
Victor Argo - Detective
Martin Bergmann - Prof. Louis Levy
Daryl Hannah - [Uncredited]
Randy Aaron Fink - Groom
Thomas P. Crow - TV Producer
Donna Castellano - TV Producer
Barry Finkel - TV Writer
Kenny Vance - Murray
Marvin Terban - Seder Guest
Garrett Simowitz - Young Judah
Grace Zimmerman - Bride
Rabbi Joel Zion - Rabbi
Steve Maidment - TV Writer
George Mason - Photographer
Chester Malinowski - Hit Man
Rebecca Schull - Chris' Mother
Stanley Reichman - Chris' Father
Nadia Sanford - Alva
Derek Smith
Thomas Bolster - Wedding Guest
Merv Bloch - Wedding Guest
Frances Conroy - House Owner
Greg Edelman - Chris
Hy Anzell - Seder Guest
Bill Bernstein - Testimonial Speaker
Robin Bartlett - Wedding Guest
Warren Vache - Jazz Band
Justin Zaremby - Seder Guest
Jerry Zaks - Man on Campus
Nora Ephron - Wedding Guest
Joel Fogel - TV Producer
Sol Frieder - Seder Guest
Dolores Sutton - Judah's Secretary
Zina Jasper - Carol
Sylvia Kauders - Seder Guest

Crew for Crimes and Misdemeanors

Woody Allen - Director / Screenwriter
Robert Greenhut - Producer
Sven Nykvist - Cinematographer
Susan E. Morse - Editor
Santo Loquasto - Production Designer
Speed Hopkins - Art Director
Thomas A. Reilly - Associate Producer
Helen Robin - Associate Producer
Charles H. Joffe - Executive Producer
Jack Rollins - Executive Producer
Susan Bode - Set Designer
Jeffrey Kurland - Costume Designer
Fern Buchner - Makeup
Joseph Hartwick - Production Manager
Juliet Taylor - Casting

Awards for Crimes and Misdemeanors

Best Supporting Actor (win) Alan Alda 1988 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Director (nom) Woody Allen 1989 Academy
Best Original Screenplay (nom) Woody Allen 1989 Academy
Best Supporting Actor (nom) Martin Landau 1989 Academy
Best Director (nom) Woody Allen 1989 Directors Guild of America
Best Film (Drama) (nom) 1989 Golden Globe
Best Picture (nom) 1989 National Board of Review
Best Supporting Actor (win) Alan Alda 1989 National Board of Review
In Competition Woody Allen 1990 Berlin International Film Festival
Best Director (nom) Woody Allen 1990 British Academy Awards
Best Film (nom) Woody Allen 1990 British Academy Awards

Feature Details

Title: Crimes and Misdemeanors
Feature Release Date: 1989
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG
Color: Color
Runtime: 107 Minutes
Chapters: 27
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.85:1
Playback Format: CLV

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LD Release Date: 7 May 1997
Catalog Number: CC1475L
UPC: 715515008518
ISBN: 1559408146
Manufacturer: Kuraray
Collection: Criterion Collection
Publisher: Criterion

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: CC1475L
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Crimes and Misdemeanors

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1475L )
(1.85:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

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Best Version on LaserDisc
Original Theatrical Aspect Ratio
Made from Original 35mm Interpositive and 35mm Magnetic Soundtrack
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Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989 - 107 min. - Color
Genre: Comedy
Rated PG
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Woody Allen spent most of the 1980s and '90s veering between comedy and drama, and he rarely combined the two with greater success than in Crimes and Misdemeanors, in which he weaved together two stories, one deadly serious, one often funny, both ending in sadness. Martin Landau plays Dr. Judah Rosenthal, a prominent ophthalmologist with a successful practice, a loving family, and a reputation for generous charity work. But Rosenthal also has a secret: his mistress, Dolores (Anjelica Huston). What began as a casual fling has become uncomfortably intimate, and as he tries to break off the relationship, Dolores threatens to expose his infidelity to his wife and some unorthodox financial arrangements to his colleagues. Fearful that Dolores will make good on her threats, Judah confesses his secret to his brother Jack (Jerry Orbach), who has ties to organized crime and offers to "make the problem go away." Meanwhile, Cliff Stern (Woody Allen) is a filmmaker working on his pet project, a documentary about philosopher Prof. Louis Levy (Martin Bergmann). However, films about philosophers don't pay the rent, so Cliff's wife Wendy (Joanna Gleason) arranges for him to make a documentary for public television about her brother Lester (Alan Alda), a famous TV comedian whose vapidity is exceeded only by his arrogance. While Cliff tries to bite the bullet and finish the film, he finds himself falling in love with PBS producer Halley Reed (Mia Farrow). --- Mark Deming

One of Woody Allen's most serious dramatic comedies, Crimes and Misdemeanors invoked comparisons to Hannah and Her Sisters, which Allen had made three years earlier. Similar to Hannah in its novel-like scope, interweaving stories, and rich ensemble acting, Crimes took the previous film's moral and ethical issues one step further: whereas Hannah was primarily concerned with love and loss, Crimes presented questions about the very meaning of human existence. Unabashedly philosophical, Allen's film was also one of his darkest, a relentless pessimism, evocative of Allen's heroes Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, and Anton Chekhov, coming to rest at the conclusion that true love will go unrewarded and the bad will go unpunished. It is a mark of Allen's strength as a director and storyteller that, despite such pessimism, Crimes managed to be a surprisingly funny film, a masterful demonstration of Allen's ability to weave together high comedy and sober drama. An ambitious project that Allen helmed with remarkable self-assurance, Crimes and Misdemeanors further established him as one of the cinema's most reliably cerebral directors. --- Rebecca Flint

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Cast for Crimes and Misdemeanors

Martin Landau - Judah Rosenthal
Woody Allen - Cliff Stern
Mia Farrow - Halley Reed
Alan Alda - Lester
Anjelica Huston - Dolores Paley
Jerry Orbach - Jack Rosenthal
Sam Waterston - Ben
Joanna Gleason - Wendy Stern
Caroline Aaron - Barbara
Claire Bloom - Miriam Rosenthal
Stephanie Roth - Sharon Rosenthal
Jenny Nichols - Jenny
David S. Howard - Sol Rosenthal
Anna Berger - Aunt May
Victor Argo - Detective
Martin Bergmann - Prof. Louis Levy
Daryl Hannah - [Uncredited]
Randy Aaron Fink - Groom
Thomas P. Crow - TV Producer
Donna Castellano - TV Producer
Barry Finkel - TV Writer
Kenny Vance - Murray
Marvin Terban - Seder Guest
Garrett Simowitz - Young Judah
Grace Zimmerman - Bride
Rabbi Joel Zion - Rabbi
Steve Maidment - TV Writer
George Mason - Photographer
Chester Malinowski - Hit Man
Rebecca Schull - Chris' Mother
Stanley Reichman - Chris' Father
Nadia Sanford - Alva
Derek Smith
Thomas Bolster - Wedding Guest
Merv Bloch - Wedding Guest
Frances Conroy - House Owner
Greg Edelman - Chris
Hy Anzell - Seder Guest
Bill Bernstein - Testimonial Speaker
Robin Bartlett - Wedding Guest
Warren Vache - Jazz Band
Justin Zaremby - Seder Guest
Jerry Zaks - Man on Campus
Nora Ephron - Wedding Guest
Joel Fogel - TV Producer
Sol Frieder - Seder Guest
Dolores Sutton - Judah's Secretary
Zina Jasper - Carol
Sylvia Kauders - Seder Guest

Crew for Crimes and Misdemeanors

Woody Allen - Director / Screenwriter
Robert Greenhut - Producer
Sven Nykvist - Cinematographer
Susan E. Morse - Editor
Santo Loquasto - Production Designer
Speed Hopkins - Art Director
Thomas A. Reilly - Associate Producer
Helen Robin - Associate Producer
Charles H. Joffe - Executive Producer
Jack Rollins - Executive Producer
Susan Bode - Set Designer
Jeffrey Kurland - Costume Designer
Fern Buchner - Makeup
Joseph Hartwick - Production Manager
Juliet Taylor - Casting

Awards for Crimes and Misdemeanors

Best Supporting Actor (win) Alan Alda 1988 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Director (nom) Woody Allen 1989 Academy
Best Original Screenplay (nom) Woody Allen 1989 Academy
Best Supporting Actor (nom) Martin Landau 1989 Academy
Best Director (nom) Woody Allen 1989 Directors Guild of America
Best Film (Drama) (nom) 1989 Golden Globe
Best Picture (nom) 1989 National Board of Review
Best Supporting Actor (win) Alan Alda 1989 National Board of Review
In Competition Woody Allen 1990 Berlin International Film Festival
Best Director (nom) Woody Allen 1990 British Academy Awards
Best Film (nom) Woody Allen 1990 British Academy Awards

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