Search - Bullets Over Broadway on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Not For Children Movie Release: 1994 DVD Release: 04/20/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 39 mins Studio: Miramax Members Wishing: 8 Genres: Comedy, Satire, Urban Comedy, Showbiz Comedy

Bullets Over Broadway is a Woody Allen romp that, as the title suggests, combines gangsters with show business at the height of the Roaring Twenties. David Shayne (John Cusack) is a straight-arrow playwright who plans to stand firm against compromising his work, but quickly abandons that stance when his producer (Jack Warden) finds a backer to mount his show on Broadway. There's just one catch, however: the backer is a mobster (Joe Viterelli) who sees Shayne's play as a vehicle for his dizzy, talent-free girlfriend, Olive (Jennifer Tilly). Shayne also has to deal with the demands of veteran theatre diva Helen Sinclair (Dianne Wiest) and is shocked to discover that Olive's hitman bodyguard, Cheech (Chazz Palminteri), is probably a better playwright than he is, as he secretly revises Shayne's work when he sits in on rehearsals. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide

John Cusack - David Shayne
Jack Warden - Julian Marx
Chazz Palminteri - Cheech
Joe Viterelli - Nick Valenti
Jennifer Tilly - Olive Neal
Dianne Wiest - Helen Sinclair

Once again, a Woody Allen film comes to DVD with nothing more than a widescreen picture and mono sound. The DVD of Bullets Over Broadway boasts a widescreen 1.85:1 image. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. There are no subtitles, but the soundtrack is closed-captioned. There are no extra features, but luckily the wit and charm in the screenplay transfer smoothly to the small screen. This disc will appeal to Woody-philes of every stripe. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide