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Bananas

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Bananas
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PG13,1hr 22min
Genre:
Comedy
Release:
1971
Director:
Woody Allen
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalban  ...more
Synopsis: One of Woody Allen's earlier, more slapstick-oriented efforts, Bananas tells the story of Fielding Mellish (Allen), a neurotic New Yorker who follows the object of his affections, Nancy (Louise Lasser), to the fictional Central American country of San Marcos, where she is involved in a revolution. Nancy wants nothing to do with Fielding, but he soon becomes a guest of the country's dictator (Carlos Montalban), before accidentally becoming the leader of San Marcos himself. Fielding is eventually shipped ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Betzold, AMG Review
A prime example of the "earlier, funnier" Woody Allen films, Bananas is a consistently off-kilter story about an American product tester (Allen) who ends up as a Latin American dictator. It's an anarchic take on 1960s-style revolutionaries. The satire is light, but the film is packed with trademark Allen one-liners, slapstick, and sight gags, and Allen the actor is in top form. Some of the material ... Full Review
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Woody Allen
Fielding Mellish
Louise Lasser
Nancy
Carlos Montalban
General Emilio M. Vargas
Natividad Abascal
Yolanda
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