Hollywood Ending

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For the song "Hollywood Ending" by Sleater-Kinney, see One Beat
Hollywood Ending
Directed by Woody Allen
Produced by Letty Aronson
Written by Woody Allen
Starring Woody Allen
George Hamilton
Téa Leoni
Debra Messing
Mark Rydell
Treat Williams
Peter Gerety
Erica Leerhsen
Jodie Markell
Isaac Mizrahi
Marian Seldes
Aaron Stanford
Tiffani Thiessen
Mark Webber
Cinematography Wedigo von Schultzendorff
Editing by Alisa Lepselter
Distributed by DreamWorks
Release date(s) 3 May 2002
Running time 112 min.
Language English
Budget ~ US$16,000,000
Allmovie profile
IMDb profile

Hollywood Ending is a film written and directed by Woody Allen.

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[edit] Plot

The film tells the story of a once-famous film director (Allen) who suffers hysterical blindness due to the intense pressure of directing.

The film was directed by Woody Allen and stars Allen himself and Téa Leoni.

[edit] Cast (in order of appearance)

[edit] Reception

The film received generally poor reviews from critics. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that the film received 47% positive reviews, based on 130 reviews.[1] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 46 out of 100, based on 37 reviews.[2]

The film was a flop in American theaters, with ticket sales under $5 million. As with most later Woody Allen films, it had more success internationally, with a worldwide gross of $14.6 million (oddly mirroring the plot of the film).[3]

It opened the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.

In the United Kingdom, it was the first of Allen's films not to receive a theatrical release and has not been released on DVD or in the cinemas as of 2007.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hollywood Ending - Movie Reviews, Trailers, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 2008-02-13.
  2. ^ Hollywood Ending (2002): Reviews. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2008-02-13.
  3. ^ Hollywood Ending (2002). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 2008-02-13.

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