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Release Date: 1997

Cast: Caroline Aaron, Julie Kavner, Elisabeth Shue, Amy Irving, Judy Davis, Robin Williams, Paul Giamatti, Billy Crystal, Eric Bogosian, Tobey Maguire, Woody Allen, Stanley Tucci ...MORE

Cast: Caroline Aaron, Julie Kavner, Elisabeth Shue, Amy Irving, Judy Davis, Robin Williams, Paul Giamatti, Billy Crystal, Eric Bogosian, Tobey Maguire, Woody Allen, Stanley Tucci, Jennifer Garner, Bob Balaban, Demi Moore, Hazelle Goodman, Brett Glazer, Mariel Hemingway, Kirstie Alley, Richard Benjamin, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tony Darrow, Eric Lloyd ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Indie, Black Comedy, Comedy, Ensemble Film, Comedy Of Manners, Sex Comedy, Drama Film, Romance Film, Fantasy

Deconstructing Harry is a black comedy film by Woody Allen released in 1997. This film tells the story of a successful writer called Harry Block, played by Allen himself, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real-life, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result. The central plot features Block driving to a university from which he was once thrown out, in order to receive an honorary degree. Three passengers accompany him on the journey: a prostitute, a friend, and his son, whom he has kidnapped from his divorced... MORE

Deconstructing Harry is a black comedy film by Woody Allen released in 1997. This film tells the story of a successful writer called Harry Block, played by Allen himself, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real-life, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result. The central plot features Block driving to a university from which he was once thrown out, in order to receive an honorary degree. Three passengers accompany him on the journey: a prostitute, a friend, and his son, whom he has kidnapped from his divorced wife. However, there are many flashbacks, segments taken from Block's writing, and interactions with his own fictional characters. One night, Lucy (Judy Davis) gets a taxi to the home of author Harry Block (Woody Allen). She has just read Harry's latest novel. In the novel, fictional Leslie (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is having an affair with her sister's husband Ken (Richard Benjamin). Lucy is angry because the novel is patently based on her and Harry's own affair. As a result, everyone knows about it. Lucy pulls a gun out of her purse, saying she will kill herself. She then turns the gun on Harry and LESS