Bullets Over Broadway
1994
****½
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: John Cusack, Chazz Palminteri, Dianne Wiest, Mary-Louise Parker
In the late 1920s a cocky Broadwsy playwright desperately needs money to finance his play, and agrees to cast a gangster's talentless girfriend. During the production he grows close to the girl's bodyguard who is not all that he seems. This lovely comedy takes a surprising turn in the first half and it improves all the way to the end. The cast is pitch perfect, and Dianne Wiest won an Acadamy Award for her hilarious performance. Written by Allen and Douglas McGrath.
