Broadway Danny Rose
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Broadway Danny Rose is a 1984 American black-and-white comedy film written, directed by and starring Woody Allen
. It was screened out of competition at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival
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Rose's one-man talent agency represents countless incompetent entertainers, including a one-legged tap dancer, and one slightly talented one: washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova (Nick Apollo Forte
), whose career is on the rebound.
Lou is having an affair with a woman, Tina (Mia Farrow
), who had previously dated a gangster. Lou wants her to accompany him to his big gig at the Waldorf Astoria
, where he will perform in front of Milton Berle
, who could potentially hire him for even bigger things.
At the singer's insistence, Danny Rose acts as a "beard," masquerading as Tina's boyfriend to divert attention from the affair. Tina's ex-boyfriend is extremely jealous, and believing Tina's relationship with Danny to be real, he orders a hit on Danny, who finds himself in danger of losing both his client and his life.
claimed he tested for the role but Allen reneged when he didn't want the film to be known as an Allen and Rossi film.
n screens, grossing $953,794 ($8,750 per screen) in its opening weekend. When it expanded to 613 theatres on February 17, its results were less impressive - $2,083,455 on the weekend ($3,398 per screen). Its total domestic gross was $10,600,497, off an $8 million budget.
Woody Allen
Woody Allen is an American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, jazz musician, author, and playwright. Allen's films draw heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema...
. It was screened out of competition at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival
1984 Cannes Film Festival
- Jury :*Dirk Bogarde *Franco Cristaldi *Michel Deville *Stanley Donen *Istvan Dosai *Arne Hestenes *Isabelle Huppert *Ennio Morricone...
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Plot
A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie DeliCarnegie Deli
The Carnegie Deli is a restaurant located in midtown Manhattan on 7th Avenue between 54th and 55th Streets and was opened in 1937 adjacent to Carnegie Hall. Now in the third generation of owners, the Parker family's delicatessen is among the most visited restaurants of its type in the city,...
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Rose's one-man talent agency represents countless incompetent entertainers, including a one-legged tap dancer, and one slightly talented one: washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova (Nick Apollo Forte
Nick Apollo Forte
Nick Apollo Forte is an American musician and actor best known for his role as Lou Canova in Woody Allen's 1984 film Broadway Danny Rose.- Personal life :...
), whose career is on the rebound.
Lou is having an affair with a woman, Tina (Mia Farrow
Mia Farrow
Mia Farrow is an American actress, singer, humanitarian, and fashion model.Farrow first gained wide acclaim for her role as Allison Mackenzie in the soap opera Peyton Place, and for her subsequent short-lived marriage to Frank Sinatra...
), who had previously dated a gangster. Lou wants her to accompany him to his big gig at the Waldorf Astoria
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
The Waldorf-Astoria is a luxury hotel in New York. It has been housed in two historic landmark buildings in New York City. The first, designed by architect Henry J. Hardenbergh, was on the Fifth Avenue site of the Empire State Building. The present building at 301 Park Avenue in Manhattan is a...
, where he will perform in front of Milton Berle
Milton Berle
Milton Berlinger , better known as Milton Berle, was an American comedian and actor. As the manic host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater , in 1948 he was the first major star of U.S. television and as such became known as Uncle Miltie and Mr...
, who could potentially hire him for even bigger things.
At the singer's insistence, Danny Rose acts as a "beard," masquerading as Tina's boyfriend to divert attention from the affair. Tina's ex-boyfriend is extremely jealous, and believing Tina's relationship with Danny to be real, he orders a hit on Danny, who finds himself in danger of losing both his client and his life.
Cast
- Woody AllenWoody AllenWoody Allen is an American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, jazz musician, author, and playwright. Allen's films draw heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema...
- Danny Rose - Mia FarrowMia FarrowMia Farrow is an American actress, singer, humanitarian, and fashion model.Farrow first gained wide acclaim for her role as Allison Mackenzie in the soap opera Peyton Place, and for her subsequent short-lived marriage to Frank Sinatra...
- Tina Vitale - Nick Apollo ForteNick Apollo ForteNick Apollo Forte is an American musician and actor best known for his role as Lou Canova in Woody Allen's 1984 film Broadway Danny Rose.- Personal life :...
- Lou Canova - Sandy BaronSandy BaronSandy Baron was an American comedian who performed on stage, in films, and on television.-Biography:Baron was born Sanford Beresofsky in Brooklyn, New York, and changed his name while a student at Brooklyn College, taking his inspiration from the nearby Barron's Bookstore...
- Himself - Corbett Monica - Himself
- Jackie Gayle - Himself
- Morty GuntyMorty GuntyMorty Gunty was an actor and comedian well known among New York comedians in the 1960s and 1970s. He appeared as himself in the Woody Allen film Broadway Danny Rose. In addition to being a night-club comic, he had a children's TV show in the mid 1960s and appearred on Broadway in 1967....
- Himself - Will JordanWill JordanWill Jordan is an American character actor who is best known for his resemblance to—and ability to do uncanny impressions of—television host and newspaper columnist Ed Sullivan.-Career:...
- Himself - Howard StormHoward Storm (director)Howard Storm is an American film, television director and actor.Storm's acting credits include The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Rhoda, Sanford and Son among other series....
- Himself - Gloria ParkerGloria ParkerGlorious Gloria Parker is an American entertainer and female icon during the big band or swing era, as an all girl bandleader. The Gloria Parker Show aired nightly from 1950 to 1957, coast to coast on WABC Radio and Parker entertained her audience playing the marimba, organ and the singing glasses...
- Impresario of the Musical Glasses - Jack RollinsJack RollinsJack Rollins may refer to:* Jack Rollins , long-time producer of Woody Allen's films* Walter E. Rollins , American songwriter, nicknamed "Jack"...
- Himself - Milton BerleMilton BerleMilton Berlinger , better known as Milton Berle, was an American comedian and actor. As the manic host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater , in 1948 he was the first major star of U.S. television and as such became known as Uncle Miltie and Mr...
- Himself - Craig Vandenburgh - Ray Webb
- Herb Reynolds - Barney Dunn
- Paul GrecoPaul GrecoPaul Greco was an American actor and musician, best known for his role as Sully, the leader of the Orphans, in the 1979 film The Warriors...
- Vito Rispoli - Frank RenzulliFrank RenzulliFrank Renzulli is an American film actor, writer and producer.As an Emmy nominated writer and Golden Globe winner, Renzulli has written teleplays for The Sopranos, mainly in the first two seasons, and another Emmy nominated episode in the third season of the highly acclaimed television show...
- Joe Rispoli
Casting
Steve RossiSteve Rossi
Steve Rossi is an American stand-up comedian and actor.-Biography:Rossi gained a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication, arts and theater, Greek and Latin at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles and served as an officer in the United States Air Force. The comedian was discovered by Mae West...
claimed he tested for the role but Allen reneged when he didn't want the film to be known as an Allen and Rossi film.
Box office
Broadway Danny Rose opened on January 27, 1984 on 109 North AmericaNorth America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
n screens, grossing $953,794 ($8,750 per screen) in its opening weekend. When it expanded to 613 theatres on February 17, its results were less impressive - $2,083,455 on the weekend ($3,398 per screen). Its total domestic gross was $10,600,497, off an $8 million budget.