Broadway Danny Rose
No Broadway producers want this out-of-luck theatrical agent...but the Mafia does.
Country
Genre
Budget
$8 000 000
Box office
$10 600 497
Director
Actors
Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte, Sandy Baron, Corbett Monica, Jackie Gayle, Morty Gunty, Will Jordan, Jack Rollins, Howard Storm
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Robert Greenhut, Charles H. Joffe
Camera operator
Composer
Nick Apollo Forte
Artist
Mel Bourne
Audition
Juliet Taylor
Editing
Susan E. Morse
Whole Team (53)
Whole Team (53)
Short description
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 Deli. 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, whose career is on the rebound.
What's left behind the scenes
- Mia Farrow wears sunglasses for most of the film because Woody Allen feared she wouldn't be able to portray a rebellious Italian woman, and forced her to wear sunglasses to hide her eyes and make her image more sultry and mysterious. The only time she removes her sunglasses is when she needs to appear more vulnerable.
- The owner of the grocery store who tells Danny about the fate of one of the film's characters was the actual co-owner of the legendary Carnegie Deli, where the scene was filmed. He was a former comedian and actor named Leo Steiner, who had retained his Screen Actors Guild card. He was cast when it turned out that the actors Woody Allen had brought in for the role were unsuitable.
- Woody Allen initially offered the role of Nick Apollo Forte to Sylvester Stallone.
- Dissatisfied with the initial takes of the scene where Danny tries to sell acts to Phil Honsky, director Woody Allen wanted to reshoot it, replacing comedian and singer David I. Kiesel in the role of the owner of Weinstein's Majestic Bungalow Colony. Kiesel persistently called it Mrs. Weinberg's Bungalow Colony during filming, and the irritated Allen asked the actor why he kept repeating this. Kiesel explained that his wife always bought kosher chopped liver with the name Mrs. Weinberg's Chopped Liver, and he was constantly thinking about it. Allen laughed at this, but still wrote the words Weinstein's Majestic Bungalow Colony on the top of a cabinet in the office. When watching this scene, you can see Kiesel reading these words from the cabinet as a cue.
- In one scene, Danny passes by a movie theater with an advertisement for Halloween III (1982) visible, while the events of the film take place in 1970.
- When Danny arrives to pick up Tina, he tells her that he parked on the second row. When she then crosses the street with Danny, it is visible that the car is parked normally. But shortly after that, when Danny uses a payphone, a car parked on the second row is visible in the background.
- Mia Farrow wears glasses for most of the film because Woody Allen feared she wouldn't be able to act like a defiant Italian woman; he made her wear sunglasses to hide her eyes and make her image more sultry and mysterious. The only time she takes off the glasses is during the moment when she is meant to appear more vulnerable.
- The grocery store owner who informs Danny about the fate of one of the film's characters was an actual co-owner of the legendary Carnegie Deli, where the scene was filmed. He was a former comedian and actor named Leo Steiner, who had kept his Screen Actors Guild card. He was cast in the role after it became clear that the actors Woody Allen had brought in for the shoot were not suitable for it.
- Woody Allen originally offered the role of Nick Apollo Forte to Sylvester Stallone.
- Dissatisfied with the initial takes of the scene in which Denny tries to sell acts to Phil Homesky, director Woody Allen wanted to reshoot it, replacing comedian and singer David I. Kessler in the role of the owner of Weinstein's Majestic Bungalow Colony. During filming, Kessler insistently referred to it as Mrs. Weinberg's Bungalow Colony, and an irritated Allen asked the actor why he kept repeating it. Kessler explained that his wife always bought kosher chopped liver under the brand name Mrs. Weinberg's Chopped Liver, and he had been thinking about it the whole time. Allen laughed at this, but still wrote the words 'Weinstein's Majestic Bungalow Colony' on top of a cabinet in the office. When watching the scene, one can notice Kessler reading these words from the cabinet as a cheat sheet.
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