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Features: DVD, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1)
Searching for his adopted son's biological mother, a middle-aged man discovers she's a prostitute and sets in motion a plan to change her ways and marry her off.
"One of the best comedies of the year!" The Boston Globe
"Mira Sorvino is wonderful!" Roger Ebert, Siskel & Ebert
Editor's Note
MIGHTY APHRODITE is Woody Allen's stab at Greek comedy/tragedy, and it is wildly successful. Allen stars as Lenny Weinrib, a sportswriter married to ambitious Amanda Sloan (Helena Bonham Carter), who desperately wants her own art gallery in New York City and is willing to play the game to get it. Amanda convinces a reluctant Lenny to adopt, and they end up with beautiful Max. Lenny soon becomes obsessed with finding out who Max's biological parents are, and he is not exactly happy when he discovers that the mother is a high-pitched actress wanna-be who is also a minor porn star and hooker (Mira Sorvino, in an Oscar-winning performance). Lenny is determined to turn her life around--but at the same time is forced to examine his own marriage, which is failing.Allen intersperses New York City vignettes with hysterical scenes of a Greek chorus, led by F. Murray Abraham, chiming in about Lenny's life, comparing it to Greek drama, and breaking out into song-and-dance numbers. The scenes in which the two worlds meet--both in New York and in the Greek theater, are wonderfully witty and incisive. This charming light comedy from Woody Allen also features fine cameo appearances by Olympia Dukakis, David Ogden Stiers, Jack Warden, and Tony Sirico.
Plot Summary
Woody Allen uses the classical Greek play format, complete with a chorus, to portray the comic travails of a Manhattan marriage as the schlubby sportswriter husband meets up with a ditzy hooker in his search for his adopted son's natural mother.
| Features | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 4/6/2004 |
| Running Time: 95 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1995 | | Catalog ID: 16451 | | UPC: 00717951001559 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1996) |  | Mira Sorvino, Winner, Best Supporting Actress | | | Woody Allen, Nominee, Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen | |
Golden Globe (1996) | | Mira Sorvino, Winner, Best Supporting Actress |
| Memorable Quotes| "Please, Lenny, don't be a schmuck!"----Greek Chorus to Lenny (Woody Allen) when he thinks about looking for his adopted son's birth mother. | | "Children grow up, they move out, sometimes to ridiculous places like Cincinnati or Boise, Idaho. Then you never see them again"----Greek Chorus | | "You'd think once in a while they'd pick up a phone."---- Greek Chorus leader (F. Murray Abraham) | | "You're such a Cassandra."----Lenny | | "I am not such a Cassandra. I am Cassandra. That's who I am."----Cassandra (Danielle Ferland) | | "Achilles only had an Achilles' heel; I have a whole Achilles' body."----Lenny to Greek Chorus leader | | "Um, this is Zeus. I'm not home right now. But you can leave a message and I'll get back to you. Please start speaking at the tone."----Zeus's answering machine (voice of Kent Blocher) when the Greek Chorus implores him for help |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...[Sorvino gives an] all-redeeming, possibly best-list-bound performance..." 10/27/1995 p.4DEntertainment Weekly
"...Laugh-out-loud funny?.When Mira Sorvino's Linda is on screen, MIGHTY APHRODITE is alive with daffy erotic glee..." -- Rating: B 11/03/1995 pp.40-1 Variety
"...A zippy, frothy confection....Dominated by a striking performance from Mira Sorvino....[She develops] a deeply sympathetic and appealing character..." 09/04/1995 San Francisco Chronicle 8 of 10
Woody Allen's incredible wit is at the heart of all that's wonderful in Mighty Aphrodite... it's an inventive movie, imaginative and rich in detail, with a twisting plot that winds merrily through three distinct worlds... - Leah Garchik
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