Wild Man Blues

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Wild Man Blues
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PG,1hr 45min
Released:
April 17, 1998
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Fine Line Features
Synopsis: Barbara Kopple directed this documentary portrait of Woody Allen, seen traveling with friends and fellow musicians during their New Orleans jazz band's 1996 European tour. Allen's relationship with Soon Yi Previn is captured on film here, and others on the European jaunt include bandleader Eddy Davis and Allen's sister Letty Aronson. Followed by press, paparazzi, and gushing admirers, Allen returns home to face a more realistic critical assessment during "the lunch from hell" with his aged parents. ... Full Synopsis
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At first blush, Wild Man Blues seems a departure for filmmaker Barbara Kopple, best known for her two Oscar-winning films about labor struggles, Harlan County, USA and American Dream. But Kopple also made Fallen Champ, a TV documentary about boxer Mike Tyson, whose struggles to redeem a tarnished public image might be compared to those of filmmaker Woody Allen at the time this film was made. Allen's ... Full Review
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Herself (Woody Allen's Sister)
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