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30 January 1987 (USA) morePlot:
A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(6 articles)
Goy damage control: Shmuley takes on Jon Gosselin (From Monsters and Critics. 31 October 2009, 1:30 PM, PDT)
Tiff Auteur Round-up: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Todd Solondz, Werner Herzog
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Everybody's Family more (60 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Mike Starr | ... | Burglar | |
| Paul Herman | ... | Burglar | |
| Don Pardo | ... | 'Guess That Tune' Host | |
| Martin Rosenblatt | ... | Mr. Needleman | |
| Helen Miller | ... | Mrs. Needleman | |
| Danielle Ferland | ... | Child Star | |
| Julie Kavner | ... | Mother | |
| Julie Kurnitz | ... | Irene | |
| David Warrilow | ... | Roger | |
| Wallace Shawn | ... | Masked Avenger | |
| Mick Murray | ... | Avenger Crook (as Michael Murray) | |
| William Flanagan | ... | Avenger Announcer | |
| Seth Green | ... | Joe | |
| Michael Tucker | ... | Father | |
| Josh Mostel | ... | Abe |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
88 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
Iceland:L | Canada:PA (Ontario) | Netherlands:6 | Brazil:14 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:S | France:U | Singapore:PG | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG | USA:PGFun Stuff
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The story of Kirby Kyle, the ill fated baseball player, is a parody of former Chicago White Sox pitcher Monty Stratton, whose promising career was derailed after he lost part of his leg due to a hunting accident. Stratton attempted a comeback, and then retired. His life was made into a movie: The Stratton Story (1949). moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: The song "Mairzy Doats" was played and commented on by the film's narrator prior to the point in the movie where the announcement of the bombing of Pearl Harbor is made on the radio. "Mairzy Doats" was not written until nearly two years later in 1943, therefore, the song could not have been heard on the radio before December 7, 1941. moreQuotes:
Diction Student: Hark! I hear the cannons roar! Is it the King approaching?Diction Student: Hark! I hear the cannons roar! Is it the King approaching?
Sally: [in a very thick New York accent] Hahk! I hear the cannon's raw! Is it the King approaching?
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This is a wonderful wonderful movie that exemplifies the phrase, "misty watercolored memories." It is a joy to watch and listen to. The era before and during WWII, however, was anything but wonderful. Radio Days presents a time when America was dealing with the Great Depression and its after effects and the horrible event that was World War II. Since the man narrating the memories was only a boy then, it is altogether fitting and proper that he see things as a child; for as he states in one scene, "our conversation turned from Nazis to more important things,like girls." No movies, except this one, that I recall, are able to deal with this critical age in American history without conveying the tragic time that it was.
I would like to think this family was really Woody Allen's, but it is probably a work of fiction, like his other pieces. But how tremendous that he can create (or remember) these people. As I watched it, one thought that kept recurring was that these were not "beautiful" manufactured people like we see in the media today; they had big hips and were fat and poor and... and none of that mattered. They were real. They were believable. You can't watch this movie without wondering what happened to them, did Aunt Bee find a husband? You cared about this family and personally, I wished they were mine.
The vignettes were sad and sweet. My favorite was poor departed Kirby Kyle; at least he had heart! And Leonard; and "donations for the promotion of a state in Palestine." So many memories that make us a part of a family most people never had. The viewer belongs to this warm and loving group.
Something has been lost with the concept of "nuclear family," with the lonely big houses and empty hours and unshared hopes and sorrows. Radio Days reminds us that having someone to experience life with is a treasure and a blessing, despite whacks on the head, martians, and fish, "That man always brings home fish!"
And oh, the music!
This is Woody Allen's masterpiece.