Radio Days
Tuning in.
1987 | 90m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Woody Allen |
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| Writer: | Woody Allen |
| Staring: |
| The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 30, 1987 |
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| Director: | Woody Allen |
| Writer: | Woody Allen |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | beach, taxi driver, world war ii, radio, musical, nostalgia, coney island, working class, binoculars, 1940s, 1930s, cigarette girl, radio plays |
| Production Companies | Orion Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $16,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Danny Aiello | Rocco |
| Jeff Daniels | Biff Baxter |
| Mia Farrow | Sally White |
| Seth Green | Joe |
| Robert Joy | Fred |
| Julie Kavner | Mother |
| Diane Keaton | New Year's Singer |
| Julie Kurnitz | Irene |
| Renée Lippin | Aunt Ceil |
| Kenneth Mars | Rabbi Baumel |
| Josh Mostel | Abe |
| Tony Roberts | "Silver Dollar" Emcee |
| Wallace Shawn | Masked Avenger |
| Michael Tucker | Father |
| David Warrilow | Roger |
| Dianne Wiest | Aunt Bea |
| Mike Starr | Burglar |
| Paul Herman | Burglar |
| Don Pardo | "Guess That Tune" Host |
| Martin Rosenblatt | Mr. Needleman |
| Helen Miller | Mrs. Needleman |
| Danielle Ferland | Child Star |
| Mick Murray | Avenger Crook |
| William Flanagan | Avenger Announcer |
| William Magerman | Grandpa |
| Leah Carrey | Grandma |
| Joy Newman | Cousin Ruthie |
| Hy Anzell | Mr. Waldbaum |
| Judith Malina | Mrs. Waldbaum |
| Fletcher Farrow Previn | Andrew |
| Oliver Block | Nick |
| Maurice Toueg | Dave |
| Sal Tuminello | Burt |
| Rebecca Nickels | Evelyn Goorwitz |
| Mindy Morgenstern | "Show & Tell" Teacher |
| David Mosberg | Arnold |
| Ross Morgenstern | Ross |
| Andrew B. Clark | Sidney Manulis |
| Lee Erwin | Roller Rink Organist |
| Roger Hammer | Richard |
| Terry Lee Swarts | Nightclub Customer |
| Margaret Thomson | Nightclub Customer |
| Tito Puente | Latin Bandleader |
| Denise Dumont | Latin Singer |
| Dimitri Vassilopoulos | Porfirio |
| Larry David | Communist Neighbor |
| Rebecca Schaeffer | Communist's Daughter |
| Belle Berger | Mrs. Silverman |
| Guy Le Bow | Bill Kern |
| Brian Mannain | Kirby Kyle |
| Stanley Burns | Ventriloquist |
| Todd Field | Crooner |
| Peter Lombard | Abercrombie Host |
| Martin Sherman | Mr. Abercrombie |
| Crystal Field | Abercrombie Couple |
| Maurice Shrog | Abercrombie Couple |
| Marc Colner | Whiz Kid |
| Roberta Bennett | Teacher with Carrot |
| Joel Eidelsberg | Mr. Zipsky |
| Peter Castellotti | Mr. Davis |
| Gina DeAngeles | Rocco's mother |
| Shelley Delaney | Chekhov Actress |
| Dwight Weist | Pearl Harbor Announcer |
| Ken Levinsky | USO Musician |
| Ray Marchica | USO Musician |
| J.R. Horne | Biff Announcer |
| Kuno Sponholtz | German |
| Henry Yuk | Japanese |
| Sydney A. Blake | Miss Gordon |
| Kitty Carlisle | Radio Singer |
| Henry Cowen | Principal |
| Philip Shultz | Whistler |
| Mercedes Ruehl | Ad Man |
| Bruce Jarchow | Ad Man |
| Greg Gerard | Songwriter |
| David Cale | Director |
| Ira Wheeler | Sponsor |
| Hannah Rabinowitz | Sponsor's Wife |
| Edward S. Kotkin | Diction Teacher |
| Ruby Payne | Diction Student |
| J.E. Beaucaire | Diction Student |
| Paul Berman | "Gay White Way" Announcer |
| Richard Portnow | Sy |
| Barbara Gallo | Dance Palace Musician |
| Jane Jarvis | Dance Palace Musician |
| Liz Vochecowizc | Dance Palace Musician |
| Ivan Kronenfeld | On-the-Spot Newsman |
| Frank O'Brien | Fireman |
| Yolanda Childress | Polly's Mother |
| Artie Butler | New Year's Bandleader |
| Gregg Almquist | Radio Voice (voice) |
| Jackson Beck | Radio Voice (voice) |
| Wendell Craig | Radio Voice (voice) |
| William H. Macy | Radio Voice (voice) |
| Ken Roberts | Radio Voice (voice) |
| Norman Rose | Radio Voice (voice) |
| Kenneth Welsh | Radio Voice (voice) |
| Woody Allen | Joe (Narrator) (voice) (uncredited) |
| David Bickford | Silver Dollar Assistant (uncredited) |
| Sandy Dell | Crying Woman (uncredited) |
| Marie Gabrielle | Young Sailor's Wife (uncredited) |
| Carson Grant | Sailor in Coney Island Bumper Car (uncredited) |
| Zach Grenier | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Ron Leir | Radio Actor (uncredited) |
| George Maniere | "Guess That Tune" Trumpet Player (uncredited) |
| J.P. McNeely | Sailor (uncredited) |
| Fred Melamed | Bradley (uncredited) |
| Ilana Rapp | Counter Girl (uncredited) |
| Ruth Rugoff | Rita (uncredited) |
| Hester Schell | Cafe Patron (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| W. Steven Graham | Assistant Art Director |
| Woody Allen | Writer, Director |
| Santo Loquasto | Production Design |
| Carlo Di Palma | Director of Photography |
| Jeffrey Kurland | Costume Design |
| Thomas A. Reilly | Production Manager |
| Steve Saklad | Assistant Art Director |
| Brian Hamill | Still Photographer |
| Todd M. Thaler | Additional Casting |
| Larry Rudolph | Other |
| Judianna Makovsky | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Susan E. Morse | Editor |
| Speed Hopkins | Art Direction |
| Ken Ornstein | Second Assistant Director |
| Michael Moyse | Sound Editor |
| Dick Hyman | Music Supervisor |
| Ezra Swerdlow | First Assistant Director |
| Kay Chapin | Script Supervisor |
| Timothy M. Bourne | Assistant Production Manager |
| Tom Warren | Assistant Art Director |
| Helen Robin | Production Coordinator |
| Joseph Hartwick | Production Assistant |
| Dan Davis | Assistant Art Director |
| Randall Drake | Assistant Art Director |
| Carol Joffe | Set Decoration |
| James Mazzola | Property Master |
| Michael Green | Assistant Camera |
| Ray Quinlan | Gaffer |
| Frank Graziadei | Sound Recordist |
| Roy B. Yokelson | Sound Engineer |
| Sam Parkins | Sound Supervisor |
| Bill Christians | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Lauren Gibson | Costume Assistant |
| Robert Hein | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Frank Kern | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Carl Turnquest | Projection |
| Judy Ferguson | Other |
| Harold 'Whitey' McEvoy | Transportation Captain |
| Richard Baratta | Location Scout |
| Barbara Heller | Location Scout |
| Claudette Didul | Other |
| Douglas S. Ornstein | Other |
| Jay Scherick | Other |
| Jim Manzione | Best Boy Electric |
| Jane Read Martin | Production Office Assistant |
| Michael Smith | Assistant Art Director |
| Glenn Lloyd | Other |
| Dave Weinman | Set Dresser |
| James Sorice | Key Scenic Artist |
| Dick Mingalone | Camera Operator |
| Ronald Burke | Dolly Grip |
| Louis Sabat | Boom Operator |
| Joe Malin | Music Coordinator |
| Walt Levinsky | Sound Supervisor |
| Romaine Greene | Hair Designer |
| Alvin Perry | Costume Assistant |
| Jessica Fasman | Costume Assistant |
| Jon Neuburger | Assistant Editor |
| Amy Briamonte | Apprentice Sound Editor |
| Peter Lombardi | Other |
| Janet Frank | Vocal Coach |
| James Davis | Location Scout |
| Gilbert S. Williams | Location Scout |
| Barbara Green | Other |
| Drew Ann Rosenberg | Other |
| Scott Schaffer | Other |
| Richard Patrick | Other |
| Leslie Bloom | Set Decoration |
| Cliff Schorr | Scenic Artist |
| Arne Olsen | Key Construction Grip |
| Jay Levy | Second Assistant Camera |
| Robert Ward | Key Grip |
| James Sabat | Production Sound Mixer |
| Lee Dichter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Diane Andolsek | Assistant Sound Engineer |
| Fern Buchner | Makeup Designer |
| Patricia Eiben | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Deborah Lancaster | Costume Assistant |
| Marty Levenstein | Assistant Editor |
| Barbara Minor | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Amy Herman | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Ellen Lewis | Casting Associate |
| Steve Rose | Production Office Coordinator |
| Nicholas Bernstein | Location Scout |
| Tom Paolucci | Location Scout |
| Judie Fixler | Other |
| Tracy Robin | Other |
| Angela Salgado | Other |
| Jordan Thaler | Other |
| Juliet Taylor | Casting |
| Ron Petagna Sr. | Construction Coordinator |
| Liz Dubelman | Camera Trainee |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Robert Greenhut | Producer |
| Jack Rollins | Executive Producer |
| Charles H. Joffe | Executive Producer |
| Ezra Swerdlow | Associate Producer |
| Gail Sicilia | Associate Producer |
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kevin2019
8.0
"Radio Days" is packed with gentle and understated comedic flourishes combined with some genuinely arresting moments of tragedy and major life changing global events. However, you could argue Woody Allen is tastefully romanticising such things as the family unit being central to daily life too much. ... After all, were families ever this much chaotic fun? Was life ever lived this way? Was there ever this degree of togetherness? And if so, then how was it ever lost? And, more importantly, can it ever be regained? In any case, Allen weaves his delightfully entertaining narrative thread through all aspects of radio in his life and the results are absolutely charming and spellbinding and they showcase Allen at his best.
Nov 22, 2024