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Scoop
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PG13,1hr 36min
Released:
July 28, 2006
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Focus Features
Synopsis: Both laughs and thrills are on the masthead in this comedy drama about a would-be reporter written and directed by Woody Allen. Sondra Pransky (Scarlett Johansson) is an American journalism student who travels to England to visit friends. While in London, she attends a magic show where magician Sid "Splendini" Waterman (Woody Allen) brings her on-stage as part of a trick in which he makes her disappear. However, while waiting to be "de-materialized," she's visited by the ghost of a murdered reporter ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
By John Hartl, Film critic, MSNBC
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"This is one of Allen's unremarkable crime comedies ... that pass the time pleasantly without breaking new ground or offering the actors much of a challenge." Full Review
Perry Seibert
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Woody Allen's Scoop is familiar in the best sense of the word. A return to comedy after having his biggest success in quite some time with the drama Match Point, this comedy finds the director falling ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Sid Waterman, The Magician
Jane Spence, Sondra Pransky
Peter Lyman
Joe Strombel
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