FILM 1227: ANNIE HALL
TRIVIA: Diane Keaton's real name
is Diane Hall and her nickname is Annie.
The passerby Alvy refers to as
"the winner of the Truman Capote look-alike contest" is in fact Truman Capote, who appears
uncredited.
The scene where Alvy and Annie are
at their psychiatrists, which looks like a split screen scene, was actually
shot simultaneously on one set with an adjoining wall.
Annie's outfits, which caused a
brief fashion rage, were Diane Keaton's
own clothes.
Sigourney Weaver's screen
debut, in a non-speaking part as Alvy's date near the end of the movie.
At 93 minutes, it is the second
shortest film to win the Best Picture Oscar. The shortest film to win the Best
Picture Oscar is Marty
(1955) at 91 minutes.
The film's working title was
"Anhedonia" - the inability to feel pleasure. United Artists fought
against it (among other things, they were unable to come up with an ad campaign
that explained the meaning of the word) and Woody Allen compromised on
naming the film after the central character three weeks before the film's
premiere. Other titles suggested were "It Had to Be Jew", "A
Rollercoaster Named Desire", and "Me and My Goy".
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