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Take the Money and Run | Year: 1969 Classification: Comedy Directed: - Woody Allen Actors/Actresses: - Woody Allen - Janet Margolin A promising start . . . 'Take the Money and Run' is the first film directed, written by, and starring Woody Allen. While nowhere near the debute of Orson Welles, Allen shows considerable comic promise as he attempts to translate his wierd and wild though shyly neurotic stage act onto the silver screen. First of all, this movie is hilarious. No doubt about it, Allen's mockumentary about a looser con is top-notch comedy. Allen's use of gags are endless (re. glasses, rabbis, soap gun, etc). They are well-deployed and brilliant. Allen's dialogue is equally funny, the best line in the film being, "After twenty minutes, I had decided I wanted to spend my entire life with her. And after a half hour, I'd given up the idea of takin her purse". Yet, in his first film our schlemiel of a director is bound to run into difficulties. At times it appears he is trying to hard to be funny. Forced humor never works, and it works even less in Allen's case. Some jokes just seem overdone. Then the movie itself goes on for about a half hour too long. Nevertheless, despite its flaws, this is a great movie of good comedic quality, and should not be dismissed merely because it lacks the artistic brilliance of Allen's later works. Absolutely hilarious This is one of those Woody Allen movies that most people have never seen, yet, in my opinion, is still one of his best. It's along the lines of "Bananas" and "Sleeper," so it's definitely a comedy, and it's just one laugh after another. No chase scenes. No surround sound. Just a very funny movie, and one of the few worth having in your collection. While this DVD is currently out of print, it's probably worth the the extra money as it's hard not to watch over and over. I've never seen it on TV or cable, and aside from my DVD, the only other time I've seen it was when it originally came out in the movies. Hilarious film - Not so good DVD As others have written, this is a hilarious Woody Allen film. However, for DVD fans and film purists, be warned: the original widescreen format has been chopped down to full screen. This is a gross injustice as other films in his catalog are given better treatment and maintain their original aspect ratio. Buy Take The Money And Run at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Take The Money And Run Search with the Priority Search Engine on Take The Money And Run This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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