The Woody Allen Encyclopedia

400 Pages·15.541 MB·English

by  Thomas S. Hischak

THE
WOODY ALLEN
ENCYCLOPEDIA
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THE
WOODY ALLEN
ENCYCLOPEDIA
Thomas S. Hischak
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
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Names: Hischak, Thomas S., author.
Title: The Woody Allen encyclopedia / Thomas S. Hischak.
Description: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018] | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018021370 (print) | LCCN 2018040727 (ebook) | ISBN
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Subjects: LCSH: Allen, Woody, 1935—Encyclopedias. | Motion picture
producers and directors—United States—Biography—Encyclopedias. |
Actors—United States—Biography—Encyclopedias.
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For Sandy Bates, Isaac Davis, Allen Felix, Boris Grushenko,
Andrew Hobbs, Allen Konigsberg, Larry Lipton, Fielding Mellish,
Miles Monroe, Danny Rose, Gabe Roth, Alvy Singer,
Virgil Starkwell, Cliff Stern, Sid Waterman, Val Waxman,
Lenny Weinrib, Ray Winkler, Leonard Zelig, and company
. . . who make life worth living.
One must expect the unexpected in an Allen work. It can be a silly farce, a pen-
etrating drama, or anything in between, such as the expressionistic Shadows and
Fog (1991), in which the everyman Kleinman (Allen) comes face to face with the
symbolic Strangler. Orion / Photofest © Orion Pictures

CONTENTS
Preface
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Brief Biography of Woody Allen
xiii
ENCYCLOPEDIA
1
Appendix A: Chronological List of Woody Allen Works
333
Appendix B: List of Entries by Category
335
Appendix C: Awards
339
Appendix D: Music
341
Appendix E: Actors
345
Selected Bibliography
351
Index
355
About the Author
383
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PREFACE
This book is not a biography. There all the films he has made or acted in; every
are many Woody Allen biographies piece of his fiction that has been published;
in print, some of them very well all of his one-act and full-length plays; his
done, others very sensational. Neither is notable television credits as a writer, direc-
this book a critical study of Allen’s mov- tor, or performer; his stand-up comedy
ies or an in-depth analysis of the meaning and the recordings made of them; and his
of his work. There are plenty of books that career as a musician. Also included are
take such approaches. There are also col- entries on over one hundred people who
lections of interviews with Allen, picture have worked with Allen in some capac-
books of his films, and even quiz books. For ity. Finally, there are many miscellaneous
an artist who is not a widespread popular entries, including those on Allen’s recur-
figure in his own country, Allen has been ring themes, working methods, screenwrit-
written about as much as the most revered ing, music, awards, and box office records.
Hollywood and foreign filmmakers. For cross-referencing purposes, names and
So why The Woody Allen Encyclope- titles that have their own entry are in bold
dia? While preparing to teach a class on print when mentioned elsewhere.
Allen, I found that information about all What one will not find in this book are
aspects of his different careers was scat- entries on Allen’s personal life and the sen-
tered and segmented. Books about his mov- sational media coverage about him. There
ies rarely mention his many plays. Studies is a brief biography at the beginning of the
of his fiction do not consider his stand-up book to state the objective facts of his life.
comedy career. Even the most thorough But from that point on, the book is about
biographies concentrate on Allen’s films his work and only his work. And what an
yet rarely describe his work. The Woody astounding and unique body of work it is!
Allen Encyclopedia is an attempt to gather No wonder Allen is so often written about.
information, descriptions, and some com- His total output in different fields over the
mentary on Allen’s complete artistic out- past six decades needs to be covered in one
put: movies, television, theater, fiction, book, and it is the hope of The Woody Allen
stand-up comedy, and music. This is done Encyclopedia to do just that.
in an encyclopedic format, with entries on
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