CAST: Woody Allen
CREATIVE TEAM: George Hickenlooper, Alan Sereboff, Kamala Lopez, Jill Kushner
MUSIC: Anthony Marinelli
TECHNICAL TEAM: Amy Gollnick, Clint Bennett, Joel Marshall, Justin Shumaker
This is the 20th of the Writers Guild Of America member-conceived Internet videos for Project "Speechless" featuring A-list Screen Actors Guild talent. For the first time in the TV and movie industry, high-profile SAG actors are together taking their talents directly and exclusively to the Internet, the very medium which is at the center of the current WGA labor strike against the Alliance Of Motion Picture & Television Producers. The project, conceived by director/writer George Hickenlooper and writer Alan Sereboff, made its exclusive weekend debut here on my Deadline Hollywood Daily with 11 videos. The "Speechless" campaign now debuts on its new site, SpeechlessWithoutWriters.com, which will be adding new videos every day in both high-res and low-res versions.
Wow, that gave me chills. I forget what an icon Woody Allen is. If you ever read RAGING BULLS, EASY RIDERS, it’s astounding that Woody is rarely mentioned, and yet his career almost outshines all his counterparts. He’s a consummate worker. He never let his ego rule his life and destroy him.
I remember him saying something once, and I’m paraphrasing, that if one wants to know what hard work is, talk to a plumber or an electrician; that people in Hollywood have trouble making movies because they’re too busy going to lunch meetings all day.
God bless Woody!
Comment by Ginger Vitus — December 6, 2007 @ 9:19 am
The best one yet (as if that were a surprise).
Comment by anotherWGAmember — December 6, 2007 @ 10:27 am
Thanks for this incredible video…
Comment by Felipe Costabal — December 6, 2007 @ 10:34 am
Not his best work, but certainly better than The Curse of the Jade Scorpion.
Comment by One Time Sitcom Writer — December 6, 2007 @ 12:12 pm
That is so funny. May be the best use of a laugh track EVER! Like everything- quality not quantity.
Comment by realworldperson — December 6, 2007 @ 12:42 pm
I’m a fan of his earlier, funnier Speechless work.
Comment by Woody Fan — December 6, 2007 @ 2:56 pm
Woody Fan’s comment made me laugh way harder than the video did.
Comment by Tomjay — December 6, 2007 @ 3:42 pm
I can’t wait for Project “Cameraless” and Project “Soundless”
Comment by KK — December 6, 2007 @ 3:49 pm
It seems odd to see Woody Allen in a movie that end with the credits in that Windsor typeface he uses…
Comment by Rich Drees — December 7, 2007 @ 8:32 am
In the close-up on the cup, Woody doesn’t look real. Seriously, though, I believe in the cause and it’s awesome to see my hero behind it.
Comment by James — December 10, 2007 @ 5:05 pm