Larry David stars in Woody Allen film

Can Larry just take over the whole production please?

I'd love to see them on screen together, actually.

As each other's love interest preferably

La Cage aux Altekockers

finally, my dream of seeing larry david and woody allen waking up next to each other in bed naked might finally come true...

x-post -- "I Was What I Was"

You're in therapy for this I hope? (xp)

Ok, this has the potential to be, like, the movie trailer I've been waiting for all my life, if not the movie.

this makes me feel like i pulled my lip over my head and swallowed AND THEN I ENDED UP IN THIS ALTERNATE UNIVERSE

Well, he's already been in The Producers, so this is the next logical step.

These pretzels are making me thirsty.

^^^

I'd love to see them on screen together, actually.

they have been on screen together. In Woody's NY Stories segment (I think?)

Yep.

http://larrydavidfan.com/2008/03/10/video-larry-in-new-york-stories-1989/

(btw: very very non-essential viewing.)

Was Larry ever really in a Scorsese movie?!!

can Woody please make ONE film that's not about an old guy and a hot young girl getting it on?

Does anybody care what films he makes anymore?

lol @ young bald larry.

Wow. I hate Woody Allen and Woody Allen films but I'm in love with Larry David. SO TORN.

Is there anyone who isnt a native NYer that can watch a woody allen movie without their foremost thought being "god, just shut up!"

Yes?

i dont buy it. so screechy and yakky. ugh.

Shooting this can take care of Season 6 of Curb.

You mean Season 7?

I'm in love with Larry David

-- sunny successor, Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:51 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

i dont buy it. so screechy and yakky. ugh.

-- sunny successor, Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:58 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

I hate Woody Allen and Woody Allen films but I'm in love with Larry David

considering how much of Larry David's schtick is ripped directly from Woody uh does not compute

hahaha xpost

Oops, season 7, jeez we're there already?

you guys kind of have a point.

About 6 seasons too many

Is there anyone who isnt a native NYer jew that can watch a woody allen movie without their foremost thought being "god, just shut up!"

fixed

oh wait. larry david is actually funny.

uh

I'm not Jewish.

Is there anyone who isnt a native NYer jew that can watch a woody allen movie without their foremost thought being "god, just shut up!"

my wife is not Jewish (but has a thing for skinny Jewish guys - lucky me!)

also neither of us live in NY. Although I've briefly visited it twice.

... than Woody Allen? Don't think so. (xxxxp)

I'm not Jewish.

c'mon john, you could pass.

Oh I know. We've talked about this.

im not jewish

pretty far from new york too

I like them both but Woody's best films wipe the floor with David's best stuff (handful of fairly clever TV episodes vs. at least a dozen great, unique movies that vary widely in style and tone)

And funnier too

Also, Woody was a much better stand-up.

I like Larry David but he's milking it a bit, isn't he?

why doesn't hollywood elsewhere have a feed? what is this, 2003?

Manhattan 2: New Guy Yelling

this should be less gross than Wood boffing Marilyn Manson, at least

why doesn't hollywood elsewhere have a feed? what is this, 2003?

-- caek, Thursday, March 13, 2008 6:52 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link

it does.

wish LD had been in 'the departed'

so screechy and yakky.

how bout yelpy?

What about a Dangerous Minds/Stand and Delivery-type premise with Larry David and Matthew Broderick competing to be the tough, inspiring teacher in an inner-city school?

s1ocki, thanks. where's the link? url? I'm actually searching through the html source here in case i'm being blind, but I don't see one.

I'd rather have Woody Allen show up in Curb Your Enthusiasm

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/elsewhere.xml

http://www.observer.com/2009/movies/unshine-boys

I will be seeing this.

“I gave him every opportunity to get someone else. I was kind of uncomfortable. I was out of my comfort zone,” he said. Then he laughed. “Of course, the comfort zone is not very big! I take one step to the right and I’m out of my comfort zone.”

I'm such a sucker for both of these dudes; I'll definitely see this.

oh yeah, I will see this

I thought Branagh was great in Celebrity

i won't lie, i'm looking forward to this

zomg, this is like nebbish version of Superman racing the Flash!

Dylan/Willie Nelson harmony.

Have you all forgotten so quickly Larry David already has was in Oedipus Wrecks.

I linked that clip way upthread. Years ago, now.

Ok ONE year. It feels like years.

Also maybe worth re-posting:

can Woody please make ONE film that's not about an old guy and a hot young girl getting it on?

― dan selzer, Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:42 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Match Point wasn't about that

yeah take it to the philip roth thread

Good interview.

“I think my philosophy has been consistent over the years, and it appears either persuasive or idiotic depending on how good the film is,” he said. “If I make a film and the film itself works, then I feel people come away saying, ‘Gee, the philosophy here makes sense.’ And if I make a film where I’ve struck out and I’ve made bad artistic choices and the film is not good, then they think, ‘His ideas are stupid and narcissistic and irrelevant.’ But really the ideas have always been the same … it’s just that I’ve failed artistically.”

early reviews brings the anticipation level down,down,down..
http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/tribeca-2009-whatever-works-woody-allen/

"is an old script that Woody wrote"

maybe theres a reason why it wasnt made. till now.

http://i44.tinypic.com/2iadis1.jpg

NOT LIKELY

btw, re the "old script" -- he wrote this for Zero Mostel! who died in '77!

Reviews pretty mixed to grumpy. I doubt I'll see this til it hits the library.

whoa... mostel? really?

did you ever see cassandra's dream morbs?

no. the only one of his Euro tetralogy I saw was Match Point.

i feel like i should see it. i liked vicky cristina.

me too. and match point and scoop.

"Marking Woody Allen’s first NYC-shot film in five years, Whatever Works, falls somewhere in between his lesser London efforts Scoop and Cassandra’s Dream and his return to form with Vicky Cristina Barcelona."

So... somewhere in between not too bad and pretty good?

Fresh Air interview well worth a listen, esp for Woody fans

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105400872

So... somewhere in between not too bad and pretty good?

Yeah, pretty, pretty, good.

tbh i'd rather have had a series of curb based on LD making a woody allen film, rather than an actual woody allen film.

do not get vicky cristy barcelona love - thought it was terrible, way worse than Match Point or even Scoop

tbh i'd rather have had a series of curb based on LD making a woody allen film, rather than an actual woody allen film.

Yep. (These pretzels are making me thirsty.)

It's "prezzas," jamyc.

Box office analysts were surprised at how well Woody Allen’s latest effort, “Whatever Works,” performed in limited release. The film opened in just nine theaters for $202,720, but the per-theater of average of $31,191 was “massive,” said Paul Dergarabedian of Hollywood.com, a box office tracking service.

i read the worst review for this that basically went along the lines of its all larry david and very little woody allen so im feeling pretty good about seeing this now.

this is pretty great - super enjoyable, kinda one dimensional, beautifully shot, definitely in that weird almost wilde-ish universe of bullets over broadway etc.

Imagine if Annie Hall had been forgotten in a Ziploc bag under your couch cushions and left there for 30 years. By the time you pulled out the bag, Alvy Singer's endearing misanthropy would have decomposed into its constituent elements of vanity and contempt, and Annie's charming naiveté would have curdled into ditzy cuteness. The New York City that once seemed like a living, breathing entity would be a desiccated and barely recognizable skeleton. In short, you wouldn't be able to get the contents of that baggie to the trash can fast enough. That's basically the experience of watching Woody Allen's latest comedy, Whatever Works.

that was Dana Stevens, right?

this is so shit
if yr missing cye, just go for a walk instead or something

this is so shit

yup