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Manhattan (1979)

★ 7.7 · 2,606 ratings on TMDB

Woody Allen's New Comedy Hit

Manhattan poster★ 7.7

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

DirectorWoody Allen
CastAnne Byrne Hoffman, Diane Keaton, Gary Weis, Karen Ludwig, Kenny Vance, Mariel Hemingway
GenresComedy, Drama, Romance
The emergence reading

Manhattan keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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