Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
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Bullets Over Broadway is a Woody Allen romp that, as the title suggests, combines gangsters with show business at the height of the Roaring Twenties. David Shayne (John Cusack) is a straight-arrow playwright who plans to stand firm against compromising his work, but quickly abandons that stance when his producer (Jack Warden) finds a backer to mount his show on Broadway. There's just one catch, however: the backer is a mobster (Joe Viterelli) who sees Shayne's play as a vehicle for his dizzy, talent-free girlfriend, Olive (Jennifer Tilly). Shayne also has to deal with the demands of veteran theatre diva Helen Sinclair (Dianne Wiest) and is shocked to discover that Olive's hitman bodyguard, Cheech (Chazz Palminteri), is probably a better playwright than he is, as he secretly revises Shayne's work when he sits in on rehearsals. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi
- Starring:
- John Cusack, Jack Warden, (more)
- Director(s):
- Woody Allen
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Bullets Over Broadway
Bullets Over Broadway is a Woody Allen romp that, as the title suggests, combines gangsters with show business at the height of the Roaring Twenties. David Shayne (John Cusack) is a straight-arrow playwright who plans to stand firm against compromising his work, but quickly abandons that stance when his producer (Jack Warden) finds a backer to mount his show on Broadway. There's just one catch, however: the backer is a mobster (Joe Viterelli) who sees Shayne's play as a vehicle for his dizzy, talent-free girlfriend, Olive (Jennifer Tilly). Shayne also has to deal with the demands of veteran theatre diva Helen Sinclair (Dianne Wiest) and is shocked to discover that Olive's hitman bodyguard, Cheech (Chazz Palminteri), is probably a better playwright than he is, as he secretly revises Shayne's work when he sits in on rehearsals. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 99 mins
Complete Cast of Bullets Over Broadway
- John Cusack - David Shayne
- Chazz Palminteri - Cheech
- Jennifer Tilly - Olive Neal
- Mary-Louise Parker - Ellen
- Harvey Fierstein - Sid Loomis
- Tracey Ullman - Eden Brent
- Paul Herman - Maitre d'
- Peter Castellotti - Waterfront Hood
- Debi Mazar - Vi
- Edie Falco - Lorna
- John Doumanian - Backstage Well-Wisher
- Gene Canfield - Waterfront Hood
- Lou Eppolito - Waterfront Hood
- Annie Joe Edwards - Venus
- Tony Sirico - Rocco
- Ken Roberts - Theatre Well-Wisher
- Charles Cragin - Rifkin
- Brian McConnachie - Mitch Sabine
- Jack Warden - Julian Marx
- Joe Viterelli - Nick Valenti
- Dianne Wiest - Helen Sinclair
- Rob Reiner - Sheldon Flender
- Jim Broadbent - Warner Purcell
- John Ventimiglia - Waterfront Hood
- Tony Conforti - Waterfront Hood
- Benay Venuta - Theatre Well-Wisher
- Victor Colicchio - Waterfront Hood
- Howard Erskine - Theatre Well-Wisher
- John di Benedetto - Waterfront Hood
- Dayle Haddon - Backstage Well-Wisher
- Frank Aquilino - Hood
- Tony Darrow - Aldo
- Margaret Sophie Stein - Lili
- Fran McGee - Movie Theatre Victim
- Stacey Nelkin - Rita
- Peter McRobbie - Man at Theatre
- Director(s):
- Woody Allen
- Writer(s):
- Douglas McGrath, Woody Allen
- Producer(s):
- Robert Greenhut
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Not For Children)
- Categories:
- Comedy
- 1993 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- 1994 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- 1994 - Independent Spirit Awards - Best Supporting Actor
- 1994 - Independent Spirit Awards - Best Supporting Actress
- 1993 - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Supporting Actress
- 1994 - National Society of Film Critics - Best Supporting Actress
- 1994 - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Supporting Actress
- 1994 - Screen Actors Guild - Best Supporting Actress
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