Directed by:
Woody AllenScreenplay:
Woody AllenCinematography:
Gordon WillisComposer:
Dick HymanCast:
Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Edward Herrmann, John Wood, Milo O'Shea, Dianne Wiest, George Martin, Van Johnson, John Rothman, Raymond Serra (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
In the Depression-hit New Jersey of the early 1930s, lonely waitress Cecilia (Mia Farrow) becomes addicted to the products of the Hollywood dream factory as a means of briefly escaping her bleak life and loveless marriage. In the comforting darkness of the cinema, she becomes so obsessed with one film in particular, the adventure-romance The Purple Rose of Cairo, that its central character Tom Baxter (Jeff Daniels) notices her in the stalls and steps through the screen to greet her. But how can the rest of the film proceed without him? And what if other actors get similar ideas above their station? (Arrow Academy)
(more)Cast
Mia Farrow
USA
Best movies:
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Jeff Daniels
USA
Best movies:
Godless (2017) (series)
Terms of Endearment (1983)
The Martian (2015)
Danny Aiello
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Leon (1994)
Edward Herrmann
USA
Best movies:
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
James Dean (2001) (TV movie)
A Foreign Field (1993)
Milo O'Shea
Ireland
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Murder in the Heartland (1993) (TV movie)
Sacco and Vanzetti (1971)
Dianne Wiest
USA
Best movies:
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Ściana (1982) (TV movie)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
George Martin
USA
Best movies:
Leon (1994)
Awakenings (1990)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Van Johnson
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
Madame Curie (1943)
John Rothman
USA
Best movies:
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
United 93 (2006)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Raymond Serra
USA
Best movies:
Manhattan (1979)
Marathon Man (1976)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Michael Tucker
USA
Best movies:
Radio Days (1987)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Diner (1982)
Glenne Headly
USA
Best movies:
The Night Of (2016) (series)
Lonesome Dove (1989) (series)
Georgia (1981)
Deborah Rush
USA
Best movies:
The Visitor (2007)
Zelig (1983)
Split Image (1982)
Camille Saviola
USA
Best movies:
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Shadows and Fog (1991)
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Zoe Caldwell
Australia
Best movies:
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Lilo & Stitch (2002)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)
Peter McRobbie
UK
Best movies:
Sleepers (1996)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Zelig (1983)
Paul Herman
USA
Best movies:
Casino (1995)
Heat (1995)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Robert Trebor
USA
Best movies:
Magnum Force (1973)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Talk Radio (1988)
Crystal Field
USA
Best movies:
Birdy (1984)
Radio Days (1987)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)