Watch Play It Again, Sam (1972) Free Online

Release Date: 1972

Cast: Joy Bang, Michael Greene, Woody Allen, Tony Roberts, Jennifer Salt, Ted Markland, Jerry Lacy, Diane Keaton, Diana Davila, Susanne Zenor, Susan Anspach

Categories: Movies, Romance Film, Film Adaptation, Drama Film, Romantic Comedy, Comedy, Parody

Play It Again, Sam is a 1972 film written by and starring Woody Allen, based on his Broadway play. The film was directed by Herbert Ross, which is unusual, as Allen usually directs all his own written work. The film is about a man obsessed with the movie "Casablanca" and the character of Rick, played by Humphrey Bogart. The film is liberally spread with clips from the movie and ghost-like appearances of Rick giving advice on how to treat women. The film is set in San Francisco but most scenes are indoors. The film starts with the closing scenes of Casablanca, with Humphrey Bogart and... MORE

Play It Again, Sam is a 1972 film written by and starring Woody Allen, based on his Broadway play. The film was directed by Herbert Ross, which is unusual, as Allen usually directs all his own written work. The film is about a man obsessed with the movie "Casablanca" and the character of Rick, played by Humphrey Bogart. The film is liberally spread with clips from the movie and ghost-like appearances of Rick giving advice on how to treat women. The film is set in San Francisco but most scenes are indoors. The film starts with the closing scenes of Casablanca, with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. We then see that it is the main character, Allan Felix, who is watching the film in a cinema, mouth agape. He leaves the cinema regretting that he will never be like Rick. Apart from apparitions of Bogart he also has frequent flashbacks of conversations with his ex-wife, who constantly belittled his sexual adequacy. The original play and the movie follow the same lines: Allan Felix (played by Allen) has just been through a messy divorce. His two friends, Linda (Diane Keaton) and Dick (Tony Roberts), attempt to convince him to go out with women again, setting him up with a series of LESS