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Jan 30, 1987 · Radio Days: Directed by Woody Allen. With Mike Starr, Paul Herman, Don Pardo, Martin Rosenblatt. A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.
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- Comedy
- Woody Allen
- 1987-01-30
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A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium. A man reminisces about his youth, growing up in the 1930s and '40s in New York. We see and hear stories of himself, his parents, neighbours and friends and local celebrities.
Radio Days is a 1987 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. It is a nostalgic look at the golden age of radio during the late 1930s and 1940s, focusing on a working-class family living in Rockaway Beach, New York.
Roger Ebert praises Radio Days, a comedy about growing up in the 1940s and listening to the radio, as a nostalgic and ambitious masterpiece. He compares it to Fellini's Amarcord and describes its characters, scenes, music and themes.
RADIO DAYS is one of Woody Allen's most underrated comedies, a fond look back to the days of radio and its effects on his family. Set against long-forgotten radio programs, hit songs, and the coming of World War II, we get two narrative threads.
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