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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783239415
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783239416
Label: Dreamworks Video
Manufacturer: Dreamworks Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Dreamworks Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 23, 1999
Running Time: 88 minutes
Sales Rank: 26037
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 21, 1999
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
With Hollywood Ending, Woody Allen good-naturedly bites the hand that feeds him. The modern studio system is a ripe target for Allen’s rapier wit, but the veteran writer-director goes a delicious step further by playing a has-been filmmaker who suffers from psychosomatic blindness--during the production of his big-budget comeback! Rather than sabotage his career, he proceeds to direct the film with guidance from his Chinese cinematographer’s translator, telling his agent (played by another veteran director, Mark Rydell) while hiding the truth from his ex-wife and producer (Téa Leoni), her studio honcho husband (Treat Williams), and his ditzy actress girlfriend (Debra Messing), who has a small role in the film. Chaos ensues--and so does Allen’s predilection for casting much-younger female costars--but Hollywood Ending favors a more contemplative blend of comedy and drama, peppered with memorable punch lines and blessed with, yes, a Hollywood ending that’s as entertaining as the mayhem that precedes it. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - NYC-LA Culture Wars, Part II
As I noted in a review last year of Woody Allen's classic Annie Hall, that is among other things a defense of New York City as the cultural epicenter American culture such as it is, this is matter that has preoccupied him from early in his career as a director/ writer/actor/comic. Allen is the quintessential New Yorker so one knows where his sledge hammer will fall. In the current movie under review Hollywood Ending that same premise underlies his story line as he, once again, portrays on screen ... Read More
Rating:  - Fun, cute, well-paced
Part of the solid early 90s trilogy along with Curse of the Jade Scorpion and Small Time Crooks. Each one of these is a cute, silly, well-balanced story with a weaving plot that resolves with grace and symmetry. These movies are not laugh out loud funny, but the wise-cracks keep rolling as Woody waxes nostalgic and makes fun of himself. I find them very relaxing and enjoyable. This is Woody's last good movie.
Rating: - *Enjoyable Movie To Watch*
I really enjoyed this movie.It had people in it that you grew to like and care about.It was a very easy movie to watch and enjoy.
Rating: - Fairly amusing
Like most of his films of late, Woody Allen's "Hollywood Ending" was panned by the critics, but it's actually fairly amusing. One of Allen's self-described "trifles," it casts the Woodman as a down on his luck director whose ex-wife persuades studio boss Treat Williams to give him one last shot at directing a major film. On the eve of production, he goes blind, a psychosomatic response to the way the plot parallels his personal life.
It's popular to suggest that since hitting 60, Allen's ... Read More
Rating:  - 2.5 stars--Tries, but fails
In Hollywood Ending, Woody Allen plays a once-great director with the reputation of being hard to work with. He's in need of a comeback project to get him out of directing TV commercials. A chance comes from an unexpected place, his ex-wife, who is now engaged to the head of a studio. She lobbies hard for Allen's character to direct a new movie about New York City. Despite tremendous reservations, he is hired and begins his great comeback. However, in the few days before shooting, he develops a case of ... Read More
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