The Purple Rose of Cairo

The Purple Rose of Cairo is a 1985 American drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. It is a drama/comedy about a young woman who is completely absorbed in the movies they see in the cinema, especially if one of the fimpersonages from the silver screen in the real world.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == Cecilia gets fired. The time at which they can lose her job no less favourable. It is the low point of the great crisis of the thirties. Cecilia runs home to her desperately uninspiring marriage with Monk. Along the way they passed the cinema and goes inside. The movie theater is her second home, every film that is released will see them at least twenty times. The movie now is turned, ' The Purple Rose of Cairo ', she has also been more commonly seen, but like every time she goes full on in the story.Then breaks the main character from the movie, Tom, the so-called fourth wall and focuses directly to the terrified Cecilia. He congratulates her for her dedication to watch the movie as many times. Not long after, get Tom from the screen and let his fellow players and the spectators in the room in confusion behind.
 * 2 Cast
 * Background 3
 * 4 awards and nominations
 * 5 external links

This will create a whole relative the cinema can not go with the film and the disappearance of Tom is widely reported in the press. Cecilia brings a lot of time with Tom, who but little knowledge of the outside world. Learns by Gil, the actor who originally played the character of Tom. Cecilia must now choose between Tom and Gil. Tom wants to take her to his world behind the screen and Gil wants her bring to the real Hollywood. They eventually choose for Gil and helps Tom to return to the movie in the cinema. Then they by Gil down. Cecilia runs reports back to the theatre. She soon becomes utterly engrossed in the latest film by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Top Hat. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == ==Background[ Edit] == Allen was a great film lover, especially of Hollywood movies from the golden years of 1930 to 1950. "The Purple Rose of Cairo" is a kind of tribute to this period, and at the same time an ode to a well-known film asHelzapoppin' where also an actor breaks through the silver screen to the real world. It is in fact a fairy tale about the magic of the film, in which he preferred seems to give to the imaginary world above the raw reality.
 * Mia Farrow -Cecilia
 * Jeff Daniels -Tom Baxter/Gil Shepherd
 * Danny Aiello -Monk
 * Michael Tucker -Gills agent
 * Irving Metzman -Theatre manager
 * Stephanie Farrow -Cecilia's sister
 * David Kieserman -Dinner Boss
 * Elaine Grollman -Diner Patron
 * Victoria Zussin -Diner Patron
 * Mark Hammond -Diner Patron
 * Wade Barnes -Diner Patron
 * Joseph G. Graham -Diner Patron
 * Don Quigley -Diner Patron
 * Maurice Brenner -Diner Patron
 * Paul Herman -Penny Pitcher
 * Rick Petrucelli -Penny Pitcher

The film grossed a total of $ 10.631.333 on. ==Awards and nominations<span class="mw-editsection" len="352" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Purple Rose of Cairo in 1986 won the BAFTA Film Awards for best film and best screenplay. In addition, the film won the César for best foreign language film and a Golden Globe for best screenplay.

<p lang="en" len="74" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The film was also nominated for a number of major awards, including:


 * The Academy Award for best adapted screenplay
 * The Saturn Awards for Best Director, best actress, best script and best fantasy film.
 * The BAFTA Film Award for best actress.