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Scoop

Actor(s): Woody Allen, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Ian McShane, Charles Dance
Director(s): Woody Allen
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Movie Release: 2006
DVD Release: 11/21/2006
Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 36 mins
Studio: Universal Studios
Total Copies: 29
Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Fantasy Comedy
See Also: Scoop, Scoop, Scoop [Blu-ray]

DVD Synopsis

Both laughs and thrills are on the masthead in this comedy drama about a would-be reporter written and directed by Woody Allen. Sondra Pransky (Scarlett Johansson) is an American journalism student who travels to England to visit friends. While in London, she attends a magic show where magician Sid "Splendini" Waterman (Woody Allen) brings her on-stage as part of a trick in which he makes her disappear. However, while waiting to be "de-materialized," she's visited by the ghost of a murdered reporter (Ian McShane), who passes along the scoop of the decade. The spirit claims that Peter Lyman (Hugh Jackman), the wealthy and handsome son of a well-known aristocrat, is leading a double life as "the Tarot Card Killer," a serial murderer who has been terrifying the nation and eluding police. With the magician's help, Jane begins investigating the story and is able to piece together some incriminating evidence against Lyman. However, the more she learns, the more dangerous her investigation becomes -- especially when she falls into a romance with the suspected killer. Scoop was Woody Allen's second consecutive film with leading lady Scarlett Johansson, after the critically acclaimed Match Point; it was also Allen's second feature to be shot in Great Britain. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Actors

Woody Allen - Sid Waterman
Hugh Jackman - Peter Lyman
Scarlett Johansson - Sondra Pransky
Ian McShane - Joe Strombel
Charles Dance - Mr. Malcolm

Member Movie Reviews

Janice J. from CULVER CITY, CA wrote on 4/23/2009...

1 of 3 member(s) found this review helpful.

::Possible spoilers::

Awful, just awful. What a waste. We have a heroine who sleeps with guys she doesn't care about just to get ahead, and nobody thinks that's not OK, probably because she has a great body. We have a hero who does a total turnabout - which is so ungrounded, arbitrary & unbelievable that it's worse than Bobby's "It was all a dream" in Dallas. And we have Woody Allen believing that the same stupid schtick that was barely funny in 1971 is still clever, daring and fresh today.

I'm not into banning movies, but if I were, I'd start with this one. Don't trade your copy - trash it.

Sarah F. (Ferdy63) from DALTON, GA wrote on 3/20/2009...

2 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.

I was excited to get this movie but it did not live up to my expectations. I know it's Woody Allen so I knew it would be off beat but I just didn't thing it was funny or cute or sexy (which is tough to say when a movie includes Hugh Jackman and Scarlett Johansson). I wouldn't recommend it.

Suzanne B. wrote on 11/23/2008...

5 of 11 member(s) found this review helpful.

This film is silly, but fun. Hard to believe it, but Scarlett Johansson is quite convincing as a dorky (really dorky) journalism student who stumbles upon one heck of a "scoop." Woody Allen is his usual insecure, rambling self in a supporting role. Takes place in Britain.