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Plot

Bullets Over Broadway is a Woody Allen romp that, as the title suggests, combines gangsters with show business at the height of the Roaring Twenties. David Shayne (John Cusack) is a straight-arrow playwright who plans to stand firm against compromising his work, but quickly abandons that stance when his producer (Jack Warden) finds a backer to mount his show on Broadway. There's just one catch, however: the backer is a mobster (Joe Viterelli) who sees Shayne's play as a vehicle for his dizzy, talent-free girlfriend, Olive (Jennifer Tilly). Shayne also has to deal with the demands of veteran theatre diva Helen Sinclair (Dianne Wiest) and is shocked to discover that Olive's hitman bodyguard, Cheech (Chazz Palminteri), is probably a better playwright than he is, as he secretly revises Shayne's work when he sits in on rehearsals.
MPAA Rating:
R for some language.
Genre(s):
Comedy
Run Time:
99min.
Theatrical Release Date:
12/21/1994
DVD Release Date:
04/20/1999
Director(s):
Woody Allen
Starring:
Matthew Modine , John Cusack , Nancy Travis , Jack Warden , Eric Stoltz
Themes:
Actor's Life,Writer's Life,Hired Killers,Bodyguards
Tone:
Humorous,Light,Madcap,Satirical,Stylized,Stylish,Witty
Keywords:
Broadway,actor,backstage,behind-the-scenes,bodyguard,diva,gangster,moll,murder,playwright,show-business,stage
Language:
English