Hollywood Ending
It's going to be a shot in the dark!
Hollywood Ending (2002)
Timing:
1:52 (112 min)
6.534/10
480
480
6.942/10
9337
9337
6.5/10
29000
29000
Country
Production
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Budget
$16 000 000
Revenue
$14 569 744
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum
Operator
Wedigo von Schultzendorff
Composer
Artist
Jonathan Arkin
Audition
Juliet Taylor, Laura Rosenthal
Editing
Alisa Lepselter, Janice Williams
All team (81)
All team (81)
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".
- The film opened the Cannes Film Festival in 2002.
- Despite being filmed in standard spherical format, the end credits state "Filmed in Panavision".
- 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).
- Woody Allen's first film not to receive a theatrical release in the United Kingdom.
- 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.
- In the scene where the characters advertise Val's film, a camera crane can be seen reflected in the mirror.
- 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.
- 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.
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