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| Letty Aronson | ... | Herself - Sister of Woody Allen | |
| Soon-Yi Previn | ... | Herself (as Soon Yi Previn) | |
| Dan Barrett | ... | Himself - the Trombonist | |
| Simon Wettenhall | ... | Himself - the Trumpeter (as Simon Wettenthall) | |
| John Gill | ... | Himself - the Drummer and Vocalist | |
| Greg Cohen | ... | Himself - the Bassist | |
| Cynthia Sayer | ... | Herself - the Pianist | |
| Eddy Davis | ... | Himself - the Band Director and Banjoist | |
| Woody Allen | ... | Himself - the Clarinetist | |
| Nettie Konigsberg | ... | Herself - Mother of Woody Allen | |
| Martin Konigsberg | ... | Himself - Father of Woody Allen | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| John Doumanian | ... | Himself (Guest in hotel suite) (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Barbara Kopple | |||
Produced by | |||
| J.E. Beaucaire | .... | executive producer | |
| Jean Doumanian | .... | producer | |
| Kathleen Bambrick Meier | .... | associate producer | |
Cinematography by | |||
| Tom Hurwitz | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Lawrence Silk | |||
Production Management | |||
| Linda Saffire | .... | post-production supervisor | |
Sound Department | |||
| Eric A. Christoffersen | .... | sound consultant: Dolby | |
| Ted Clark | .... | sound engineer | |
| Margaret Crimmins | .... | sound editor | |
| Lee Dichter | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Harry Higgins | .... | sound engineer | |
| Paul Hsu | .... | sound editor (as Paul D. Hsu) | |
| Barbara Kopple | .... | sound recordist | |
| Peter Miller | .... | sound recordist | |
| E. Benjamin Posnack | .... | additional sound (as E. Benjamin Bosnack) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Michael Fox | .... | second camera operator: London concert | |
| Ned Hallick | .... | gaffer | |
| John Romeo | .... | assistant camera | |
| Mark Schmidt | .... | additional assistant camera | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Richard E. Campbell | .... | assistant film editor (as Richard Campbell) | |
| Elliott Gamson | .... | negative matcher | |
| Tom Salvatore | .... | color timer | |
| Michael Yetter | .... | negative cutter (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Woody Allen | .... | musician: clarinet | |
| Dan Barrett | .... | musician: trombone | |
| Greg Cohen | .... | musician: bass | |
| Eddy Davis | .... | musician: banjo | |
| John Gill | .... | musician: drums | |
| Cynthia Sayer | .... | musician: piano | |
| Simon Wettenhall | .... | musician: trumpet (as Simon Wettenthall) | |
Other crew | |||
| Eddy Davis | .... | band director | |
| Eric M. Eskenazi | .... | transcriber | |
| Nicholas Kopple | .... | production assistant | |
| Steven Schechter | .... | attorney (as Steve Schechter) | |
| Jenny Schweitzer | .... | transcriber | |
| Daniel Silk | .... | transcriber | |
Thanks | |||
| Jim Bartlett | .... | special thanks | |
| Gene Carroll | .... | special thanks | |
| Lauren G. Chapin | .... | special thanks | |
| Sam Cohn | .... | special thanks | |
| John Doumanian | .... | special thanks | |
| Ian Flooks | .... | special thanks | |
| Peter Gilbert | .... | special thanks | |
| Deborah Goldfarb | .... | special thanks | |
| Kerry Herman | .... | special thanks | |
| Ian Hutchinson | .... | special thanks | |
| Richard Jones | .... | special thanks | |
| Glenn Rigberg | .... | special thanks (as Glen Rigberg) | |
| Jim Stern | .... | special thanks | |
| Caroline Turner | .... | special thanks | |
| Junko Yatyu | .... | special thanks | |
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Woody Allen and the New Orleans Jazz Band set out on a tour of eighteen cities in seven countries in Europe. Accompanying them is Barbara Kopple, who has been given total access to the musician and filmmaker Allen as he does the shows and the time in between. The end result is a documentary that takes in Allen's love for this rather `crude' form of jazz but also allows for some insights into his personal life, his relationship with Soon Yi and his famous obsessions and neuroses.
I bought this film as a Woody Allen fan and as someone who, while not a fan, certainly enjoys a bit of old fashioned jazz music on a hot sunny night. For both these reasons I enjoyed this film, even though the description of it as a `documentary' is maybe not the most fitting as it implies a certain amount of probing into the subject. Rather than digging, Kopple basically just seems to point the camera and leave it running. She doesn't really ask any questions of Allen or his family and seems content to let him and his companions just talk freely - it made me wonder how many countless hours of footage she must have shot to come up with what she uses here. So if you are looking for insight in Allen then you won't get it here. Likewise, if you are looking for a great deal of discussion or insight into the music then you'll be let down; in this area Kopple also mostly just films the band playing.
That is not to say that the film is bad, because it isn't, but there isn't a great deal of substance to it unless you are Woody Allen fan. As a fan, there isn't a great deal of insight into Allen's life or situation - the conclusion we are left with is no more of an understanding than we started with, that he is a witty little man who is filled with little complexes and neuroses while also being a very private person. The value of the film is that we actually get to see that during the course of the movie. Allen is funny and quite relaxed but a `real' documentary would have pushed harder into the darker issues of Allen's life - many viewers will be annoyed by how the film just accepts Soon Yi without ever really asking any questions or even hinting at the many issues behind their relationship.
Overall I enjoyed this film but then I like Woody Allen's humour and was interested to seeing if his onscreen personae is similar to his real life character. However it isn't really insightful and it is only a scene near the end with Allen and his parents (yeah - I was surprised they were still alive too!) that gives a little background and is interesting. A light, witty and quite enjoyable film but I can't imagine that anyone other than fans of Woody Allen and jazz will get a great deal from this.