BANANAS (1971) ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Woody Allen
Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalban,
Natividad Abascal, René Enriquez, Jacobo Morales,
Don Dunphy, Roger Grimsby, Howard Cosell
Woody Allen plays Fielding Melish, a product tester who falls hard for a social activist (Louise Lasser) and ends up leading a Latin-American revolution. It's one of Woody's silliest, funniest movies, a series of crazy gags that practically trip over each other, as if he can't wait to knock one off and move on to the next. It starts with Howard Cosell doing the play-by-play at a political assassination and ends with Cosell again, broadcasting live from the bedroom on Louise and Woody's wedding night. When Woody's fans in "Stardust Memories" tell him how much they love his "early, funny" movies, this is one of the movies they're talking about. Look for the two goons he confronts in the subway car. You'll recognize one of them.
