Shadows and Fog

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Overview

Woody Allen's black-and-white curiosity piece is a mixture of influences -- from German silent film expressionism to Franz Kafka's nightmare worlds to the contemporary fables of Wim Wenders. Woody Allen plays the nebbish clerk Kleinman in a throwback to his characters from Sleeper and Love and Death, who is awakened in the middle of the night by a vigilante group who want him to help capture a serial killer on the loose. Kleinman reluctantly agrees, but when he gets to the street, the vigilantes are gone and ...
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Overview

Woody Allen's black-and-white curiosity piece is a mixture of influences -- from German silent film expressionism to Franz Kafka's nightmare worlds to the contemporary fables of Wim Wenders. Woody Allen plays the nebbish clerk Kleinman in a throwback to his characters from Sleeper and Love and Death, who is awakened in the middle of the night by a vigilante group who want him to help capture a serial killer on the loose. Kleinman reluctantly agrees, but when he gets to the street, the vigilantes are gone and Kleinmen spends most of the film wandering the shadowy back alleys in search of the citizen's brigade. Meanwhile, a circus is in town. When sword-swallower Irmy Mia Farrow catches her creepy clown husband John Malkovich getting familiar with trapeze artist Marie Madonna, she packs her bags and heads for town, where she meets up with Kleinman. This meeting sets up a number of plot lines that has Irmy befriending a trio of prostitutes Jodie Foster, Lily Tomlin and Kathy Bates at the local brothel and accepting $700 from a university student John Cusack who wants to sleep with her. She finally meets up with her husband, and they then find an abandoned baby which they decide to raise as their own.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 6/5/2001
  • UPC: 027616854230
  • Original Release: 1991

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  • Source: Mgm (Video & Dvd)
  • Format: VHS

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Woody Allen Kleinman
Mia Farrow Irmy
John Malkovich Clown
Kathy Bates Prostitute
Madonna Marie
Donald Pleasence Doctor
Lily Tomlin Prostitute
Jodie Foster Prostitute
John Cusack Student Jack
Kate Nelligan Eva
Fred Gwynne Hacker's Follower
Julie Kavner Alma
Kenneth Mars Magician
David Ogden Stiers Hacker
Philip Bosco Mr. Paulsen
Josef Sommer Priest
Kurtwood Smith Vogel's Follower
Robert Joy Spiro's Assistant
Wallace Shawn Simon Carr
Eszter Balint Woman with Baby
Peter Appel Cop at Police Station
Victor Argo Vigilante
Daniel Von Bargen Vigilante
Andrew Mark Berman Student
Thomas Bolster Student
Charles Cragin Spiro
Katy Dierlam Fat Lady
Tom Riis Farrell Vigilante with Spiro
Michael Kirby Killer
Anne Lange Prostitute
Tim Loomis Dwarf
William H. Macy Cop with Spiro
Peter McRobbie Bartender
Rebecca McRobbie Baby
Fred Melamed Undesirables Onlooker
David Ogden
Remak Ramsay Cop at Police Station
James Rebhorn Vigilante
John C. Reilly Cop at Police Station
Richard Riehle Roustabout
Max Robinson Roustabout
Camille Saviola Landlady
Robert Silver Hacker's Follower
Brian Smiar Cop at Police Station
Greg Stebner Police Chief
Paul Anthony Stewart Student
David Strathairn
Juliet Taylor
Michael P. Troy Cop at Police Station
Ron Turek Cop at Police Station
Dennis Vestunis Strongman
Ron Weyand Vigilante with Spiro
Ira Wheeler Cop with Priest
Technical Credits
Woody Allen Director, Screenwriter
Robert Greenhut Producer
Joseph Hartwick Co-producer, Production Manager
Speed Hopkins Art Director
Charles H. Joffe Executive Producer
Jeffrey Kurland Costumes/Costume Designer
Santo Loquasto Production Designer
Amy Marshall Set Decoration/Design
Bernadette Mazur Makeup
Dick Mingalone Camera Operator
Susan E. Morse Editor
Carlo Di Palma Cinematographer
Thomas A. Reilly Associate Producer
Helen Robin Co-producer
Jack Rollins Executive Producer
James J. Sabat Sound/Sound Designer
Juliet Taylor Casting
Kurt Weill Score Composer
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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    smoke and mirrors

    This unusual departure for Woody Allen is one of my favorite movies. A convoluted plot is made hilarious by Allen, John Malkovich, Lily Tomlin and Kathy Bates. Lily Tomlin's character offers a brilliant and succinct philosophy of love which (I won't spoil it by quoting) is worth the price of the movie alone. This is one of Allen's most stylish and quirky works. Highly recommended.

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