Hollywood Ending

Name: Hollywood Ending
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2002-05-03
Duration: 1 h 52 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Woody Allen, George Hamilton, Téa Leoni, Debra Messing, Mark Rydell

It's going to be a shot in the dark!

Hollywood Ending (2002)

Timing: 1:52 (112 min)

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Release date

2002-05-03

Country

United States, United Kingdom

Production

DreamWorks Pictures, Capitol Films, Gravier Productions

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Budget

$16 000 000

Box office

$14 569 236

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Director

Woody Allen

Actors

Woody Allen, George Hamilton, Téa Leoni, Debra Messing, Mark Rydell, Treat Williams, Jodie Markell, Isaac Mizrahi, Marian Seldes, Aaron Stanford
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Scenario

Producer

Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum

Camera operator

Wedigo von Schultzendorff

Composer

Artist

Santo Loquasto, Jonathan Arkin

Audition

Juliet Taylor, Laura Rosenthal

Editing

Alisa Lepselter, Janice Williams
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Short description

Woody Allen stars as Val Waxman, a two-time Oscar winner turned washed-up, neurotic director in desperate need of a comeback. When it comes, Waxman finds himself backed into a corner: Work for his ex-wife Ellie or forfeit his last shot. Is Val blinded by love when he opts for the reconnect? Is love blind when it comes to Ellie's staunch support? Literally and figuratively, the proof is the picture.

What's left behind the scenes

On Val's coffee table lies Phil Hardy's book, "The Gangster Film".
In the scene where the characters advertise Val's film, a camera crane can be seen reflected in the mirror.
When Val regains his sight in the park, the angle at which sunlight falls on the buildings in the background does not match the angle at which it falls on Val and Ellie.
After switching studios from Orion to DreamWorks, Woody Allen had to accept a budget cut. One of the casualties of this cut was Susan E. Morse, the editor who had worked with Allen consistently.
As Al and Chow walk through the revolving doors, the reflection of a crew member with a white reflector can be seen in the windows.
Cinematographer Haskell Wexler was fired a week after production began because he and Woody Allen could not agree on how to shoot some of the scenes.
The film opened the Cannes Film Festival in 2002.
Despite being filmed in standard spherical format, the end credits state "Filmed in Panavision".
Woody Allen's first film not to receive a theatrical release in the United Kingdom.
Cinematographer Haskell Wexler was fired a week after production began because he and Woody Allen couldn't agree on how to shoot certain scenes. Vedigo von Schulzendorff replaced him. Although Wexler is one of the most respected cinematographers, this is not the first time he has been fired. Something similar happened when he worked on 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' (1975).