
Overview:
When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute and porn star, Lenny is determined to reform her immoral lifestyle. A Greek chorus chimes in to relate the plot to Greek mythology in this quirky comedy.Status: | Released (1995-09-13) |
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Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 12 wins & 13 nominations total |
BoxOffice: | $6,468,498 |
Screen: | Woody Allen |
Productions: | Miramax, Jean Doumanian Productions, Sweetland Films |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English |

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- 1243: Woody Allen - Lenny
- 23931: Mira Sorvino - Linda Ash
- 1283: Helena Bonham Carter - Amanda
- 1164: F. Murray Abraham - Chorleiter
- 10560: Donald Symington - Amanda's Father
- 29545: Claire Bloom - Amanda's Mother
- 3019: Olympia Dukakis - Jocasta
Crews
- 1243: Woody Allen - Screenplay - Writing
- 20967: Dick Hyman - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 6348: Jeffrey Kurland - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 10440: Susan E. Morse - Editor - Editing
- 1243: Woody Allen - Director - Directing
- 17221: Susan Bode Tyson - Set Decoration - Art
- 15194: Carlo Di Palma - Director of Photography - Camera
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**_An older man befriends a kindhearted prostitute_** A Manhattan scriptwriter (Woody Allen) meets the young mother of his adopted boy, a hooker (Mira Sorvino), and tries to help her situation. Meanwhile, his wife (Helena Bonham Carter) is caught up in her ambitious work as a cura ....
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To minimise the inconvenience to their daily lives, a married couple adopt a baby from birth, but by the time he is five the fizz has rather gone out of their marriage. He's a sports journalist and is a bit bored with her (Helena Bonham Carter) more "arty" friends whom she knows from ....
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