The Purple Rose of Cairo1985
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
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Cast
as Cecilia
as Tom Baxter, Gil Shepherd
as Monk
as Emma
as Larry
as The Countess
as Jason
as Fr. Donnelly
as Rita
as Theater Manager
as Mr. Hirsch's Lawyer
as Cecilia's sister
as Raoul Hirsch
as Kitty Haynes
as Olga
as Gil's Agent
as Delilah
as The Communist
as Usher
as Henry
as Diner boss
as Arturo
as Bandleader
as Hollywood Executive
as Press Agent
as Waiter
as Maitre D'
as Variety Reporter
as Drugstore Customer
as Music Store Owner
as Diner Patron
as Diner Patron
as Diner Patron
as Diner Patron
as Diner Patron
as Diner Patron
as Diner Patron
as Penny Pitcher
as Penny Pitcher
as Penny Pitcher
as Ticket Buyer
as Ticket Buyer
as Ticket Taker
as Popcorn Seller
as Movie Audience
as Movie Audience
as Movie Audience
as Movie Audience
as Movie Audience
as Movie Audience
as Movie Audience
as Reporter
as Reporter
as Moviegoer
as Moviegoer
as Moviegoer
as Moviegoer
as Hollywood Executive
as Moviegoer
as Moviegoer
as Policeman
as Policeman
as Photo Double
as Hooker
as Hooker
as Hooker
as Hooker
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Critic Reviews for The Purple Rose of Cairo
All Critics (38) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (35) | Rotten (3) | DVD (3)
Everything in this movie makes heavenly sense.
Delightful from beginning to end, not only because of the clarity and charm with which Daniels and Farrow explore the problems of their characters, but also because the movie is so intelligent.
It's a sweet, lyrically funny, multi- layered work that again demonstrates that Woody Allen is our premier film maker who, standing something over 5 feet tall in his sneakers, towers above all others.
...one of the most entertaining movies about movies ever made.
The Purple Rose of Cairo, Woody Allen's latest, is the slight but charming story of what happens when Cinderella's Prince steps out of the fairy tale and comes to New Jersey for a taste of Reality.
It is one of Allen's deepest reflections on the seventh art and its function as an escape from our harsh reality. [Full review in Spanish]
Audience Reviews for The Purple Rose of Cairo
Classic and classy Woody Allen. Tom Baxter, an adventurous movie character steps off the screen to woo Cecilia, a starry-eyed, Depression-era waitress and cinephile, but the character's portrayer, Gil Shepherd, a smooth, somewhat megalomaniacal rising star, is called in to counter-woo Cecilia so that the show can go on. Woody's escapist fantasia is blissful yet tragic, blurring the lines between reality and make-believe, the haves and the have-nots, and love and truth. It was nice to see young, wispy Dianne Wiest and bug-eyed Glenne Headley as slinky prostitutes. After watching so much cantankerous old Jeff Daniels on "The Newsroom," bright-eyed bushy-tailed young Jeff Daniels is a remarkable palate cleanser, with a great singing voice to boot! Mia Farrow is, of course, charismatic and vibrant with her delicate voice and damselly beauty. The last scene of her, dejected by the wretched realities of her life yet still utterly captivated by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in "Top Hat," is just the most indelible final image in Woody's canon.
Super Reviewer
"I just met a wonderful new man. He's fictional but you can't have everything." In 1930s New Jersey, a movie character walks off the screen and into the real world.
Super Reviewer
One Allen film w/o himself or one of his numerous doppelgangers, which is a clue that here is a subject that is finally larger than Allen: his love of movies, that he freely shares with movie fans everywhere. So he takes one of the movie fan's most cherished desire (" ... I wish I could be there ... or that here was like there ...") and plays with it a little. Mia Farrow plays us, the fan, is our doppelganger, and the movies are a) better than real life, and b) but not real life. One of the better Allen films, Farrow's contented gazing at the screen too brief to be iconic, but it should be ...
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The Purple Rose of Cairo Quotes
| Cecilia: | I just met a wonderful new man. He's fictional but you can't have everything. |