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Radio Days is a 1987 American comedy drama and romantic comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen, produced by Robert Greenhut and executive produced by Jack Rollins for Orion Pictures. Set in New York City and Brooklyn during 1944, it stars Mia Farrow, Michael Tucker, Julie Kavner and Dianne Wiest, with cinematography by Carlo Di Palma, editing by Susan E. Morse, and a score by Dick Hyman. It is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
Running 89 minutes on a budget of $16,000,000, the film earned $14,792,779 at the box office. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Best Production Design, was distributed by Netflix and HBO Max, and is rated PG.
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7.1The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.
Cast
- Danny Aiello as Rocco
- Jeff Daniels as Biff Baxter
- Mia Farrow as Sally White
- Seth Green as Joe
- Robert Joy as Fred
- Julie Kavner as Mother
Themes
- beach
- world war ii
- musical
- nostalgia
- coming of age
- coney island
- working class
- binoculars
- 1940s
- 1930s
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
38,211 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Metacritic
74/100
- Year
- 1987
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 3 wins & 10 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Woody Allen
- Written by
- Woody Allen
- Produced by
- Robert Greenhut
- Starring
- Mia Farrow Dianne Wiest Julie Kavner Michael Tucker Wallace Shawn Seth Green
- Cinematography
- Carlo Di Palma
- Edited by
- Susan E. Morse
- Music by
- Dick Hyman
- Distributed by
- Orion Pictures
- Release date
- January 30, 1987 ( 1987-01-30 )
- Running time
- 85 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $16 million
- Box office
- $14.8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Director
- Woody Allen
- Screenwriter
- Woody Allen
- Cast member
- David Warrilow
- Composer
- Dick Hyman
- Producer
- Robert Greenhut
- Production company
- Orion Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Carlo Di Palma
- Narrative location
- Brooklyn
- Duration
- 88
- FilmAffinity ID
- 519106
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1987-10-01
- film editor
- Susan E. Morse
- title
- Radio Days
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Production Design
- distributed by
- HBO Max
- executive producer
- Jack Rollins
- set in period
- 1944
- set during recurring event
- New Year
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 92%
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Encyclopedic overview
Radio Days is a 1987 American semi-autobiographical comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. It is a nostalgic look at the golden age of radio during the late 1930s and 1940s, focusing on a working-class family living in Rockaway Beach, New York. The film weaves together vignettes, blending the lives of the family members with the radio programs they listen to daily. It has an ensemble cast.
Plot
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