Take The Money And Run
May 01 - May 07, 2009
(Woody Allen, USA, 1969, 35mm, 85min)
Woody Allen's first film as director-writer-actor is a hilarious mock documentary (one of the earliest examples of the genre) that follows the life and failed career of an utterly inept criminal named Virgil Starkweather. Studio executives had little faith in the film and it initially opened in only one arthouse theater in New York before going on to become a wide success. Take The Money And Run marks Allen’s graduation from writer and stand-up comedian to film auteur.