Take the Money and Run (1969)

Note Générale:

7,2/10   

Réalisateur:

Woody Allen

Scénaristes:

Woody Allen (original screenplay) and
Mickey Rose (original screenplay)

Date de sortie:

13 mars 1971 (Japan)

Genre:

Comedie | Crime

Accroche:

crime lives!

Intrigue:

The life and times of Virgil Starkwell, inept bank robber.

Plot Keywords:

Bank Robbery | Parade | Cello | Baseball | FBI

Récompenses:

3 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Laugh-a-Minute spoof of Crime Documentaries a Must For Woody-ites...

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Nov. 7

8:00 PM

TCM

Ensemble

Woody Allen	...	Virgil Starkwell
Janet Margolin	...	Louise
Marcel Hillaire	...	Fritz - Director
Jacquelyn Hyde	...	Miss Blair
Lonny Chapman	...	Jake - Convict
Jan Merlin	...	Al - Bank Robber
James Anderson	...	Chain Gang Warden
Howard Storm	...	Fred
Mark Gordon	...	Vince
Micil Murphy	...	Frank
Minnow Moskowitz	...	Joe Agneta
Nate Jacobson	...	The Judge
Grace Bauer	...	Farm House Lady
Ethel Sokolow	...	Mother Starkwell
Dan Frazer	...	Julius Epstein - The Psychiatrist (as Don Frazier)
Henry Leff	...	Father Starkwell
Mike O'Dowd	...	Michael Sullivan
Jackson Beck	...	The Narrator (voice)
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Louise Lasser	...	Kay Lewis
Stanley Ackerman	...	Stanley Krim, the photographer (uncredited)
Thomas Bellin	...	Member of Virgil's gang (uncredited)
Michael L. Davis	...	Police Officer in Coffee Shop (uncredited)
Dwight D. Eisenhower	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roy Engel	...	Prison guard captain (uncredited)
Kaiser Wilhelm II	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Nixon	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mickey Rose	...	Chain gang man (uncredited)
Paul Schumacher	...	Patrolman Lynch (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Woody Allen

Scénaristes
Woody Allen		(original screenplay) and
Mickey Rose		(original screenplay)

Produit par
Sidney Glazier	....	executive producer
Jack Grossberg	....	associate producer
Charles H. Joffe	....	producer
Jack Rollins	....	producer (uncredited)
Edgar J. Scherick	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Musique originale
Marvin Hamlisch

Image
Lester Shorr		(director of photography)

Montage
Paul Jordan
Ron Kalish

Distribution des rôles
Marvin Paige

Direction artistique
Fred Harpman

Décorateur de plateau
Marvin March

Maquillage
Stanley R. Dufford	....	makeup artist

Directeur de production
Fred T. Gallo	....	unit manager
Jack Grossberg	....	unit production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Walter Hill	....	second assistant director
Louis A. Stroller	....	assistant director
Stanley Ackerman	....	second second assistant director (uncredited)

Département Art
Ted Moehnke	....	construction supervisor (as Theodore Moehnke)
Ken Phelps	....	set propertyman
Chardin W. Smith	....	chargeman painter

Technicien du son
Bud Alper	....	sound mixer
Sanford Rackow	....	sound effects editor
John Strauss	....	sound effects editor
Dick Vorisek	....	re-recording engineer (as Richard Vorisek)

Effets spéciaux
A.D. Flowers	....	special effects

Cascadeur
Carol Daniels	....	stunts (uncredited)

Caméra et Département Electrique
Til Gabani	....	camera operator (as Till Gabbani)
Morton Gorowitz	....	lighting supervisor
Fred Hoffman	....	photographer: second unit
Harry Stern	....	grip
Jack H. Wilson	....	gaffer
William Mendenhall	....	camera operator (uncredited)

Département Costume et garde-Robe
Erick M. Hjemik	....	wardrobe supervisor
Bob Wolfe	....	set wardrobe

Dpartement Editorial
James T. Heckert	....	supervising editor
Ralph Rosenblum	....	editorial consultant

Département Musique
Felix Giglio	....	music supervisor
Frank Kulaga	....	music recordist
Kermit Levinsky	....	conductor
Kermit Levinsky	....	orchestrator
Sanford Rackow	....	music editor
John Strauss	....	music editor

Divers
Don Boutyette	....	unit publicist
Jeanetta Lewis	....	script supervisor
Henry Polonsky	....	production assistant (as Hank Polonsky)
Fouad Said	....	location manager
Bert Schneiderman	....	production auditor
Lynn Vogel	....	production secretary

Companies de production

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
• Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions
• Palomar Pictures International

Distributeurs

• Cinerama Releasing Corporation (1969) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1978) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (1999) (USA) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Pictures (1995) (worldwide) (all media)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Fox Video (1992) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Manga Films (2001) (Spain) (DVD)
• Transvídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• VTF Multimedia S.L. (Spain) (VHS)

Autres Companies

• Berkey Pathé  opticals
• National Recording Studios  music recording
• Paige Independent Casting  casting

Durée:

85 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc | Couleur (Technicolor)

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Norway:12 | Iceland:L | USA:PG (DVD rating) | Argentina:Atp | Canada:PG | Finland:K-8 | France:U | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:M | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG

Lieux de tournage:

San Francisco, California, USA

Société:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Anecdotes:

One hundred San Quentin prisoners were paid a small fee to work on the film during the prison sequences. The regular cast and crew were stamped each day with a special ink that glowed under ultra-violet light so the guards could tell who was allowed to leave the prison grounds at the end of the day.

Goofs:

Continuité: During the bicycle sequence Woody is chained in the middle of the prisoners, but when they enter the old lady's house, he is the first man on the chain.

Guillemet:

[last lines]
Virgil: Do you know if it's raining outside?

Connexions:

Parodié dans Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)

Bande son:

Soul Bossa Nova

Laugh-a-Minute spoof of Crime Documentaries a Must For Woody-ites...

TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN is Mel Brooks-like in structure and gags, but definitely Woody Allen at his comical best. Its not his greatest picture by any means, but perhaps the best of his early slapstick flicks (SLEEPER, BANANAS). "Virgil Starkwell" has a hard time stealing right from the start. When a criminal gets a gumball machine "stuck to his hand", you know he's in the wrong gig. Woody Allen is right at home with this innocent, documentary-style drip on the unintentional hilarity of 60's crime documentaries. Woody, or "Virgil", seems to be playing Woody as usual, something we all know runs through his entire body of work. This movie is very much like his innovative ZELIG of 1983, a black and white docu-spoof about a fictional chameleon.

Jackson Beck's narration is PERFECT in making the outrageous material seem "serious". It no doubt inspired the short spoofs "Saturday Night Live" would go on to produce for years, investigative reporting seemingly important, yet ridiculous in content. "Virgil's" parents are in disguise (Groucho Marx nose and glasses) whenever they are "interviewed". The chain gang escape is one of the funniest sequences I have ever seen. Woody also moves into romantic territory with the beautiful Janet Margolin, who had a nice, fat purse for "Virgil" to steal, but also has a quick reaction to his inept robbery attempt and, of course, they fall in love. She is there for "Virgil" to live for during his always brief prison stays and to pick out his clothes for a robbery. There are some familiar elements here, most obviously the beautiful young girl falling for a middle-aged homely Woody.

TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN is all about raw comedic filmmaking and mockery. It is not a situational film at all, just a bunch of perfectly cohesive episodes of this perfectly moronic bank robber, who spells gun G-U-B. Wouldn't that throw us all off if we were the bank tellers taking a note during a stick up ?