One of the most beloved and most respected Woody Allen films, this 1979 romantic comedy was also one of his biggest box office successes. Besides directing, Woody Allen also co/wrote the original screenplay and played the leading role. Like a He plays the part of Isaac Davis, a 40-something comedy writer with a pair of failed marriages behind him. Isaac is currently dating 17 year old Tracy (Mariel Hemingway, who received an Oscar nomination for her performance). Also a permanent fixture in his life, his ex wife Jill (Meryl Streep) has recently come out of the closet as a lesbian and is writing a confessional book about her marriage to Isaac. He meets Mary Wilkie (Diane Keaton), a mistress of his best friend, college professor Yale Pollack (Michael Murphy). At first he is turned off by her cultural snobbery, but after a chance meeting they spend some time together and Isaac develops feelings for her. Yale breaks off his affair with Mary, which leads Isaac to break up with his young girlfriend in favor of a more mature and intellectually superior woman. He also encourages Tracy to study acting in Europe. Isaac and Mary soon move in together and everything is coming up roses, until Yale changes his mind and decides to rekindle his affair with Mary. Isaac the spurned lover ruminates about his failed love life and regrets his decision to leave Tracy. He rushes to her parents’ house just as she is about to depart for Europe and tells her that she doesn’t have to go and that he doesn’t want her to change that which makes her special, but she tells him that the plans are already set in motion and that he needs to have a little faith in people, on which he smiles.
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