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Deconstructing Harry (1997)
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Ratings: 7.3/10 from 21,523 users
Metascore:
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Reviews: 119 user | 96 critic | 19 from Metacritic.com Suffering from writer's block and eagerly awaiting his writing award, Harry Block remembers events from his past and scenes from his best-selling books as characters, real and fictional, come back to haunt him. Director:Woody AllenWriter:Woody Allen |
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Larry
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| Judy Davis | ... |
Lucy
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Richard
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Fay
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| Demi Moore | ... |
Helen
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| Robin Williams | ... |
Mel
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| Caroline Aaron | ... |
Doris
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| Eric Bogosian | ... |
Burt
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| Mariel Hemingway | ... |
Beth Kramer
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| Amy Irving | ... |
Jane
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| Julie Kavner | ... |
Grace
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Hilly
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Storyline
Harry Block is a well-regarded novelist whose tendency to thinly-veil his own experiences in his work, as well as his un-apologetic attitude and his proclivity for pills and whores, has left him with three ex-wives that hate him. As he is about to be honored for his writing by the college that expelled him, he faces writer's block and the impending marriage of his latest flame to a writer friend. As scenes from his stories and novels pass and interact with him, Harry faces the people whose lives he has affected - wives, lovers, his son, his sister. Written by Gary Dickerson <slug@mail.utexas.edu>
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Harry Block has written a best seller... bout his best friends... he revealed their deepest secrets... and they're not pleased... now Harry Block is going to Hell... See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
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Harry außer sich See more »Filming Locations:
Bethesda Fountain, Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$20,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$356,476 (USA) (14 December 1997) (10 Screens)Gross:
$10,569,071 (USA) (8 March 1998)Company Credits
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Shrink: Why did they kick you out?
Harry: Because I wasn't interested in college. I wanted to be a writer and that's all I cared about. Also, I tried to give the Dean's wife an enema. They didn't take kindly to that.
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Written by Modest Mussorgsky
Performed by Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (as L'Orchestre de Suisse Romande)
Conducted by Ernest Ansermet See more »
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Harry: The ironic thing is that the school that kicked me out is honoring me soon.Shrink: Why did they kick you out?
Harry: Because I wasn't interested in college. I wanted to be a writer and that's all I cared about. Also, I tried to give the Dean's wife an enema. They didn't take kindly to that.
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"Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain"Written by Modest Mussorgsky
Performed by Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (as L'Orchestre de Suisse Romande)
Conducted by Ernest Ansermet See more »
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