Broadway Danny Rose

1984 "No Broadway producers want this out-of-luck theatrical agent...but the Mafia does."
7.4| 1h24m| en
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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.

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Also starring Nick Apollo Forte

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Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
christopher-underwood I remembered little of this film from a previous viewing but was vaguely aware that I had been disappointed. Watching it again, I found it very hard to enjoy. I realise Woody Allen feels some empathy with the bunch of past it stand ups reminiscing in the diner but they mean nothing to me. Neither was I drawn or even amused at the list of Allen's clientele of failed has beens, one legged tap dancer, one armed juggler and all. I did find the New York and New Jersey location shooting attractive and did find the film picked up a bit towards the end. I enjoyed the little escapade with Allen and Farrow dodging through grasslands and crossing the Hudson but there was just too much or Allen fussing repeatedly with the same gestures and even dialogue. I also have no idea why Mia Farrow was dressed up to look like a female impersonator. She was supposed to be an attractive gangster's moll and here she is appallingly over dressed and over haired. Maybe it was suggested she show a bit of T&A and rebelled, being the contrary b**** we know she can be.
grantss Danny Rose (played by Woody Allen) is a theatrical agent. He has a wide and often odd assortment of clients but will do anything for them. One of his clients, Lou Canova (Nick Apollo Forte) - a washed up crooner from the 50s who is undergoing a resurgence, asks Danny to accompany his mistress, Tina (Mia Farrow), to one of his concerts - her presence helps him perform. Danny naturally obliges. However, Tina is also seeing a mob boss and when Danny is seen with her, the mob boss assumes Tina is two-timing him with Danny. This results in Danny and Tina being hunted by the mob. Adventures and hilarity ensue.A wonderfully exuberant and funny comedy from Woody Allen. Some great scenes (the shootout among the gas-filled balloons is priceless) and one-liners. A pretty good adventure too, though it does get a bit silly at times.Great performance by Woody Allen as Danny Rose. His over-the-top salesman-like shtick is wonderful to behold. Incredibly funny. A pity not more time was devoted to his interactions with clients and his sales pitches to promoters, as these scenes were hilarious.Equally brilliant is Mia Farrow. So good she is totally uncognisable as the blonde Italian-American bimbo Tina.Good fun, with a bit of romance thrown in too.
Hitchcoc Danny finds himself in a series of complications, due to his willingness to help a friend. He (Woody) is suddenly thrust into a tussle with the mob when a lounge singer enlists him in helping him get his mistress (Mia Farrow) to attend his big night. Danny, with the girl, is making people jealous and becomes the object of a mob hit. I love that the little guy with the glasses makes people jealous. Sort of Chaplainesque in a way. Things change and people escape all kinds of trouble, but Danny remains true-blue and is very heroic in his role. He takes the high road and ends up where he started. He does get a sandwich named after him, however. Not bad. This is a delightful movie with Allen allowing himself great flexibility as an actor. The supporting cast and a whole lot of comedians make it a worthwhile couple of hours.
Terrell Howell (KnightsofNi11) It seems impossible to get tired of ole Woody Allen. With so many films under his belt you would think they would all start to run together and feel the same, which sometimes they do, but each and every one has its own little flare that makes it another unique cinematic experience. And so it goes with Broadway Danny Rose, the story of a talent agent, Danny Rose played by Woody Allen, who is attempting to win back a lounge singer's mistress for him. But while in this struggle Rose finds himself in a mess of a situation with a family of gangsters. It's one big kerfuffle that leads to the usual Woody Allen hilarity. It's a film full of all the wit, charm, and quirkiness that we always expect from Allen, yet it still manages to be a new and exciting experience and a fantastically fun film to watch.Woody Allen always has a knack for unique and unconventional ways of telling his stories. Broadway Danny Rose is no different. The film opens up in a hopping bar where a group of comedians are gathered around a table discussing the legendary Danny Rose. A few of the comedians tell their own brief anecdotes about Rose, eventually leading to one of the comedians announcing that he has a very long but very worthwhile Danny Rose story to tell. Thus begins the main storyline of the film, but throughout we continually return to the comedian telling his story. It is this kind of creativity that makes every Woody Allen film unique, and gives Broadway Danny Rose a little extra ingenuity.Now obviously Woody Allen plays essentially the same character here as he does in all his other movies. Danny Rose is as eccentric and neurotic as any other Woody Allen character but, again, he adds little delights here and there that keep the Allen character fresh and interesting. The character of Danny Rose is hilariously portrayed with all sorts of great mannerisms and a collection of catch phrases that he repeatedly uses at the most inopportune of times. Danny Rose might be one of Allen's best performances as he has the neuroticism and fast talking verboseness of the character down perfectly. It makes every moment of the character fun and absolutely hilarious to watch.Broadway Danny Rose has everything that we expect from a Woody Allen film, plus a little more to make it a really great film. It's simple enough and it doesn't break any barriers, but it's full of little nuances and quick little clever items here and there in the action as well as the dialogue that make it a film one can really appreciate. Woody Allen has his own very specific brand of comedy and Broadway Danny Rose displays it perfectly.