A neurotic New York Jew is set up with a midwestern woman. He's a stand-up comedian, she an aspiring singer, and at first the cultural gap seems insurmountable. But despite their differences, they fall in love. As they get to know one another, they invariably attempt to change each other, causing friction and their eventual split. The film watches them try new relationships, as they reluctantly pull away from each other.

This special boxed collector's set includes Alice, Another Woman, Crimes and Misdemeanors, September, and Shadow and Fog.

For the first time in his long career, writer-director Woody Allen takes his cast and crew to London, and the European location breathes new life into the normally Manhattan-centric auteur. Jonathan Rhys Meyers stars as Chris Wilton, a former pro on the world tennis circuit who now has his eyes set on a very different kind of prize. After meeting Tom Hewett (Matthew Goode) at an exclusive club, he becomes friendly with Tom's extremely wealthy family, including his powerful businessman father, Alec (Brian Cox) and his attractive sister, Chloe (Emily Mortimer), who is desperate to get married and have children. The only problem is that Chris has fallen hard and fast for Tom's fiancée, the steaming-hot Nola (Scarlett Johansson), an unsuccessful American actress from Colorado who just might share Chris's lustful feelings--a romantic entanglement that could get in the way of his master plan. As he does with his New York-set films, Allen includes many London landmarks, including the Tate Modern, the Royal Opera House, the Queen's Club, St. James Park, the Millennium Bridge, the Palace Theatre, and the so-called Gherkin building, with its marvelous views of the city. He gets splendid performances from his actors, especially Rhys Meyers, who plays Chris with an intense glower, and Johansson, who is brilliant as the sexy, confident femme fatale. Allen is also inspired by Alfred Hitchcock, with several references and homages to the work of the great British director. The soundtrack features songs from LA TRAVIATA, RIGOLETTO, OTELLO, MACBETH, SALVATOR ROSA, IL TROVATORE, and other operas, primarily sung by Enrico Caruso.

WHAT'S UP, TIGER LILY? is a no-holds-barred spoof of James Bond films compiled by the master of intellectual comedy, Woody Allen. In this farce, Allen takes an actual Japanese spy film (KEY OF KEYS) and dubs in English dialogue that comically alters the original plot, now sending the main characters in search of the perfect egg salad recipe.

WHAT'S UP, TIGER LILY? is a no-holds-barred spoof of James Bond films compiled by the master of intellectual comedy, Woody Allen. In this farce, Allen takes an actual Japanese spy film (KEY OF KEYS) and dubs in English dialogue that comically alters the original plot, now sending the main characters in search of the perfect egg salad recipe.

When failed journalist Lee Simon (Kenneth Branagh) divorces his wife, he tries to boost his career by forcing his way into the social circles of celebrities. However much he tries to achieve fame though, it keeps slipping through his grasp, while his ex-wife Robin (Judy Davis) is catapulted to glory through sheer luck. Directed by comedic and dramatic master Woody Allen, Celebrity also stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Melanie Griffith, Wynona Ryder and Bebe Neuwirth (Lilith from Cheers!).

Woody Allen's directorial debut is a comedic mock documentary about a crook (Allen) who tries and tries to pull off heists and robberies, but never to any avail. This is due to the would-be thief's incredible incompetence and stupidity, which leads to his downfall each time (for example, he uses a fake gun made of soap -- and gets caught in the rain).

 

Woody Allen's hilariously slapstick spoof of the future is remarkable for what it satirizes in the present… and for just how hard it can make you laugh. Sleeper is the story of Miles Monroe (Allen), a snarky and neurotic health food storeowner who goes into the hospital for an ulcer operation and wakes up 200 years later. The government is a kind of cornball Big Brother dictatorship, and Miles finds himself drafted into the equally daffy resistance. He meets a spoiled poet named Luna Schlosser (Diane Keaton) and together they navigate their way through a world filled with androids, nutty researchers and orgasm machines. If you like to laugh till it hurts, this satire is gold.

Woody Allen returns to his slapstick days with this comic romp, which centers on a small-time hood, Ray Winkler, who just can't catch a break. It's as if Virgil Starkwell (Allen's hysterically incompetent criminal mastermind from TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN) has finally gotten out of prison and is still up to his old scheming. Against his wife Frenchy's (Tracey Ullman) better judgment, Ray puts together a ragtag group of misfits, including a scene-stealing Elaine May, and immerses them in a crazy plot to rob a bank. But everything gets upended when their front, a cookie store, takes off, thrusting the Winklers into the upper echelons of New York's high society. SMALL TIME CROOKS looks like no other Allen film; gone are the black-and-white shades of Manhattan, replaced instead by the ridiculously loud shirts Ray wears and the perfectly garish furniture and artwork Frenchy accumulates. Even the Allen soundtrack, usually exclusively jazz, big band, and Dixieland standards, features "Tequila" by the Champs as an underlying theme. What stands out most of all, however, is the offbeat, charming relationship between Ray and Frenchy, two ne'er-do-wells who get to spend a little time at the top.

In this uneasy blend of tragedy and comedy, two crosscut plotlines--one a "crime" and the other a "misdemeanor"--investigate modern moral codes. In one, an adulterous ophthalmologist (Martin Landau) hires a hit man to kill his scheming mistress (Angelica Huston) when she threatens to destroy his perfect society marriage by exposing the affair. In the other, a screenwriter (Woody Allen) agrees to pen a tribute to his brother-in-law (Alan Alda), an obnoxious comic, while postponing a more worthy project, a documentary about a Judaic theologian. CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS is one of prolific director Woody Allen's most complex films.

Larry Lipton, an editor at a big publishing firm, lives with his frustrated housewife Carol, who has grown tired of their comfortable but uneventful marriage. She's bored and looking for some excitement -- and finds it when Lillian House, their elderly neighbor, suddenly dies of a heart attack. While visiting Lillian's widower, Paul, Carol finds him in a surprisingly good mood given the circumstances; she also discovers something peculiar that leads her to believe Lillian's death wasn't "natural." Encouraged by Ted, the Liptons' recently divorced friend, Carol begins sneaking around the Houses' apartment in an attempt to discover what really happened to Lillian.

 

If you love the quirky, madcap and probing genius of Woody Allen - undoubtedly one of our greatest directors - then this box set of eight films cries out to be in your collection. The Woody Allen Collection - 8 Pack includes the films: Manhattan, Interiors, Bananas, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask), Love and Death, Annie Hall, Sleeper and Stardust Memories. This DVD collection boasts superior sound and picture quality, making it a must-see showcase of one of film's great masters.