Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) is a comedic murder mystery film directed by and starring Woody Allen and written by Marshall Brickman and Woody Allen. Although a commercial disappointment, it was a critical success, co-star Angelica Huston won a BAFTA nomination while Diane Keaton won a Golden Globe nomination.
Lipton and his wife Carol meet their neighbors Paul and Lilian House. After Lilian suddenly dies, Carol becomes curious about her death ...
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Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) is a comedic murder mystery film directed by and starring Woody Allen and written by Marshall Brickman and Woody Allen. Although a commercial disappointment, it was a critical success, co-star Angelica Huston won a BAFTA nomination while Diane Keaton won a Golden Globe nomination.
Lipton and his wife Carol meet their neighbors Paul and Lilian House. After Lilian suddenly dies, Carol becomes curious about her death and the attitude of Paul, after he has her wife's body quickly incinerated. She then drags her reluctant husband into an amateur criminal investigation.
The screenplay for Manhattan Murder Mystery originally started out as Annie Hall but Woody Allen did not feel that it was substantial enough even though he loved mysteries. He decided to go in a different direction. He had put off making the film for years because he felt it was too lightweight, "like an airplane book read". Allen decided to revisit the material in the early 1990s, contacting...
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