Everyone Says I Love You
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| Directed by | Woody Allen |
| Produced by | Robert Greenhut |
| Written by | Woody Allen |
| Starring | Alan Alda Woody Allen Drew Barrymore Lukas Haas Goldie Hawn Gaby Hoffmann Natasha Lyonne Edward Norton Natalie Portman Julia Roberts Tim Roth David Ogden Stiers |
| Music by | Dick Hyman |
| Editing by | Susan E. Morse |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
| Release date(s) | December 6, 1996 (USA) |
| Running time | 101 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 mil (estimated)[1] |
| Box office | $34,633,353[1] |
Everyone Says I Love You is a 1996 American musical film that was written and directed by Woody Allen. The film features many stars, including Julia Roberts, Alan Alda, Edward Norton, Drew Barrymore, Gaby Hoffmann, Tim Roth, Goldie Hawn, and Natalie Portman.
Set in New York, Venice, and Paris, the film features singing by actors not usually known for their singing. It is among the more critically successful of Allen's later film, although it did not do well commercially. Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert ranked it as one of Allen's best.[2]
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[edit] Plot summary
The emotions of an extended upper-class family in Manhattan are followed in song from NY to Paris and Venice. Various friends/lovers/acquaintances/relatives act, interact, and sing, in New York, Venice and Paris. Young lovers Holden and Skylar in Manhattan; Skylar's parents, Bob and Steffi; Joe, an ex-husband of Steffi; DJ, a daughter from the marriage of Joe and Steffi; Von, a lady whom Joe meets in Venice; a recently-released prison inmate, Charles Ferry, who is inserted between Skyler and Holden, resulting in their breakup.
[edit] Cast
- Edward Norton ... Holden Spence
- Drew Barrymore ... Skylar Dandridge
- Diva Gray ... Nanny
- Ami Almendral ... Nanny
- Madeline Balmaceda ... Nanny
- Vivian Cherry ... Nurse
- Tommie Baxter ... Old Woman
- Jeff DeRocker ... Homeless Man (as Jeff Derocker)
- Cherylyn Jones ... Mannequin
- Tina Paul ... Mannequin/Harry Winston Dancer
- Vikki Schnurr ... Mannequin
- Natasha Lyonne ... Djuna 'D.J.' Berlin
- Kevin Hagan ... Doorman
- Alan Alda ... Bob Dandridge
- Gaby Hoffmann ... Lane Dandridge
- Natalie Portman ... Laura Dandridge
- Lukas Haas ... Scott Dandridge
- Trude Klein ... Frieda
- Goldie Hawn ... Steffi Dandridge
- Tim Roth ... Charles Ferry
- Itzhak Perlman ... Himself
- Pamela Everett ... Harry Winston Dancer
- Navah Perlman ... Pianist
- Barbara Hollander ... Claire
- John Griffin ... Jeffrey Vandermost
- Julia Roberts ... Von Sidell
- Waltrudis Buck ... Psychiatrist
- Patrick Cranshaw ... Grandpa
- Isiah Whitlock, Jr. ... Cop (as Isiah Whitlock)
- Woody Allen ... Joe Berlin
- Liv Tyler ... Girl (cut)
- Billy Crudup...Ken Risley
- Robert Knepper...Greg
- David Ogden Stiers...Arnold Spence
- Scotty Bloch...Lynn Spence
- Timothy Jerome...ER Doctor
- Robert Khakh...Cab Driver
- Christy Carlson Romano...Trick or Treat Child
- Frank Pietri...Ghost Dancer
[edit] Music
The film takes classic songs and fits them into an updated scenario, and in some cases with unexpected dance routines. The choreography is lively and the actors and actresses do not look like professional dancers, which makes the music and dance more natural. One IMDB reviewer stated: The film will . . best be enjoyed by those who are familiar with its redone songs.[3]
[edit] Reception
The film was well-received. As of September 2011, it enjoys an 79% "fresh" rating on RottenTomatoes.com.[4] Janet Maslin wrote a strongly positive review in the New York Times, describing the film as "a delightful and witty compendium of the film maker's favorite things."[5]
Among the film's strongest detractors was Jonathan Rosenbaum, who described it as "creepy" and claimed "this characterless world of Manhattan-Venice-Paris, where love consists only of self-validation, and political convictions of any kind are attributable to either hypocrisy or a brain condition, the me-first nihilism of Allen's frightened worldview is finally given full exposure, and it's a grisly thing to behold."[6]
[edit] Soundtrack/ song information
[edit] Official soundtrack
- "Just You, Just Me" (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages) - Edward Norton
- "My Baby Just Cares For Me" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - Edward Norton/ Natasha Lyonne
- "Recurrence/I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All" (Ray Henderson, Lew Brown, B.G. DeSylva) - Dick Hyman/ Olivia Hayman
- "Makin' Whoopee" (Donaldson, Kahn) - Tim Jerome
- "Venetian Scenes/ I'm Through With Love" (Kahn, Matt Malneck, Fud Livingston) - Dick Hyman/ Woody Allen
- "All My Life" (Sam Stept, Sidney Mitchell) - Julia Roberts
- "Just You, Just Me" (Salsa Version) (Greer, Klages) - Dick Hyman And The New York Studio Players
- "Cuddle Up a Little Closer" (Karl Hoschna, Otto Harbach) - Billy Crudup/Sanjeev Ramabhadran
- "Looking at You" (Cole Porter) - Alan Alda
- "Recurrence/If I Had You" (Ted Shapiro, Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly) - Dick Hyman/Tim Roth
- "Enjoy Yourself (It's Later than You Think)" (Carl Sigman, Herb Magidson) - Patrick Crenshaw
- "Chiquita Banana" (Leonard McKenzie, Garth Montgomery, William Wirges) - Christy Romano
- "Hooray for Captain Spaulding/ Vive Le Capitaine Spaulding" (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Philippe Videcoq) - The Helen Miles Singers
- "I'm Through With Love" (Kahn, Malneck, Livingston) - Goldie Hawn
- "Everyone Says I Love You" (Kalmar, Ruby) - The Helen Miles Singers
[edit] Songs heard in the film
- Most of the performers sing in their own voices, with two exceptions: Goldie Hawn, who was told by Allen to intentionally sing worse because she sang too well to be believable as a normal person just breaking into song, and Drew Barrymore, who convinced Woody Allen that her singing was too awful even for the "realistic singing voice" concept he was going for. Her voice was dubbed by Allen regular Olivia Hayman.
- The title song was written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, and was used as a recurring theme song in the Marx Brothers movie Horse Feathers (1932). Allen is a well-known Groucho Marx fan. Marx's theme song from Animal Crackers (1930) "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" is featured, sung in French by a chorus of Groucho Marxes.
[edit] Box office
This film was released in North America on 8 December 1996 on three screens. Its opening weekend gross was $131,678 ($43,892 per screen). It ended its North American run with $9,759,200.[1]
Outside North America, the film earned an additional $24,874,153, boosting its global gross to $34,633,353.[1]
[edit] Awards
The film was nominated for Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical at the Golden Globes.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b c d *"Everyone Says I Love You (1996)". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=everyonesaysiloveyou.htm. Retrieved 11 August 2011.*"Everyone Says I Love You - Box Office Data". The Numbers. http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1996/0EILY.php. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (6 January 2006). "Match Point". Chicago Sun-Times. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20060105%2FREVIEWS%2F60103004%2F1023&AID1=%2F20060105%2FREVIEWS%2F60103004%2F1023. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- ^ IMDB Reviews for Everyone Says I Love You
- ^ "Rotten Tomatoes page for Everyone Says I Love You". Rottentomatoes.com. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/everyone_says_i_love_you/. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ^ "When Everyone Sings, Just for the Joy of It", Janet Maslin, The New York Times, 6 December 1996
- ^ Miner, Michael. "Everyone Says I Love You". Chicago Reader. http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/everyone-says-i-love-you/Film?oid=1072583. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
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