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RADIO DAYS is Woody Allen's charming, nostalgic, very funny love letter to growing up in 1940s Brooklyn during the golden age of radio. The setting is the close-knit working-class neighborhood of Rockaway, New York, where a warm, crazy, sprawling Jewish family lives, sharing their happiness as well as their disappointments. The youngest member of the family, Joe (Seth Green, of television's BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER), dreams of the glamour and excitement of Manhattan conjured up by the radio programs he and his family listen raptly to each night. Presented in a tapestry of interlocking vignettes, RADIO DAYS weaves tales of everyday family life with glimpses of the glittering--and not so glittering--world of established and aspiring radio celebrities. Allen makes the radio the film's central figure, taking its place as communicator to the world, existing almost as another member of the family. Allen and director of photography Carlo DiPalma capture the look and feel of the time marvelously, and the music is a joy to listen to. The result is a comic, bittersweet, kaleidoscopic look at a long-gone New York that is one of writer-director Woody Allen's most fully realized--and most enjoyable--films.Product Identifiers
UPC0027616860484
eBay Product ID (ePID)3393566
Product Key Features
ActorMia Farrow
RatingG
Movie/TV TitleRadio Days
DirectorWoody Allen, Allan Stewart Konigsberg
FormatDVD
Release Year2001
GenreComedy
Additional Product Features
Region CodeRegion 1
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUSA
Leading RoleMia Farrow
Film CountryUSA
Release Date20011002
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- 22 Sep, 2020
I loved Radio Days. Radio Days is one of Woody Allen’s best. A nostalgic Look back at his growing up during The Golden Age of Radio When radio program
Radio Days is one of Woody Allen’s best. A nostalgic Look back at his growing up during The Golden Age of Radio When radio programs and their stars were enormously popular. It’s wonderful and charming with Perfect period detail and filled with cameos from most of Allen’s past leads. It was Oscar nominated for Best screenplay and is Tonally similar to Fellini’s Amacord in its Depiction of memories.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 14 Aug, 2018
The Golden (and funny) days of radio.
This is a nostalgic and FUNNY movie, It's set in Rockaway, N.Y., sometime between 1938 to New Years Eve 1943, Woody Allen wrote, directed, and narrates the movie. He remembers his childhood during the golden-days of radio, and how the radio related to his family and those memories. The dramas, the music, and news broadcasts. The funniest scenes for me was when he finds-out that his father, who previously kept his occupation from him, was a cabdriver who picked him up. Woody didn't care that his father was a cabby, he "loved him,..in fact he gave him his biggest tip" that day. The other funny scene is when a hit-man takes a witness (Mia Farrow), to his mother's home, after finding they grew-up in the same-old neighborhood. The mother remember's her, and kindly offers her more food. Then nonchalantly says to her hit-man son, "Where are you going to dump the body?" "I'll dump her body in Jersey, Mama," he says. "Jersey? 4:00 in the morning... you want to dump her body in Jersey? Dump her in Red Hook!" This movie would make a great double-feature with Mel Brooks' 1982 comedy "My Favorite Year" about the golden days of TV. Loosely based on Brooks' experience babysitting Errol Flynn one week, as he guested on "Your Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar in the 1950s. Better microwave some popcorn. [NOTE: Brooks and Allen both wrote for Your Show of Shows, at one time.]Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 03 Jan, 2019
Radio Days
One of my favorite Woody Allen movies. Never get tired of watching the magic. I don't tell the plot because I don't want to spoil anything for the viewer. Just be assured it has my highest rating!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 20 Feb, 2022
Radio Days
I'm a big Woody Allen fan. I have most of his early films. When I saw this offered for such a good price, I couldn't 'pass it up. Radio Days was always a favorite, still holds up.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 21 Sep, 2021
Excellent variety of different human characters, each with their own issues, beautifully constructed, emotionally communicated!
The best Woody Allen creation! When I obtain a DVD it is because I already knew the item!! Thank you!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 23 Jan, 2018
Good Old Days
The movie "Radio Days" is a nostalgic look at life in the 1930's and early 40's. It is entertaining and light-hearted. I enjoyed it very much and would recommend it.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 08 Apr, 2016
Time Machine
Woody Allen's nostalgic visit to his childhood in the '40's. Good characterization of the members of his extended family. Topical music and news brings the audience back to the era.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 21 Sep, 2021
Radio Days is a great Woody Allen film
A good look back at 1940's America.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 20 Jan, 2021
Thanks woody, for another top flight gem
The hidden gem of all allen films. An absolute joy to watch again and again. Thanks woodyVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 16 Mar, 2020
Cyd says 1
So funny. Great characters. Allen in top form. don't judge the movie by the man.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
