Woody Allen Collection Gift 5pk (Crimes and Misdemeanors, September, Another Woman, Alice, Shadows and Fog) (1987)

CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS: An idealistic filmmaker (Woody Allen) must choose between integrity and selling out, while another man (Martin Landau), confronted by his ex-mistress who plans to expose his misdeeds, decides between the counsel of his rabbi and the murderous advice of his mobster brother. Each man examines his own mortality and makes an irrevocable decision that changes multiple lives forever.

SEPTEMBER: After spending a summer recuperating from a nervous breakdown at her childhood home in Vermont, Lane (Mia Farrow) finds herself suddenly entangled in a destructive web of passion, deception and manipulation and the only way out of her emotional tailspin is to confront a terrifying secret that has haunted her life.

ANOTHER WOMAN: Superb performances by an all-star cast highlight this moving tale of an accomplished philosophy professor (Gena Rowlands), drifting in a loveless marriage and denying her feelings for another man, who upon turning fifty confronts the true depth of her own emotional hunger and the frightening intensity of a passion he has ignored for too long. Her quest for truth turns into a powerful, personal odyssey of self-examination, discovery and acceptance.

ALICE: After years of being ignored by her husband, spoiled by wealth and tranquilized by boredom, Alice Tate (Mia Farrow) begins a madcap journey into a strange new world and realizes who she is, what she values, and how far she will go to change her destiny.

SHADOWS AND FOG: After being recruited by an inept mob of vigilantes and forced to search for a notorious murderer, a cowardly clerk (Woody Allen) encounters a sword-swallower who is running away from the circus. The two are launched into a mysterious world of shadows and fog from which they may never emerge.
 
"[Alice] Terrific...returns Allen to his best comic territory."  Richard Schickel, Time Magazine
"[Crimes] Intriguing mix of drama and comedy."  VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever
"[Alice] A strange, magical film..."  Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"[Alice] A delight!"  David Ansen, Newsweek
"[Alice] ...Allen at his most optimistic and sentimental."  Rita Kempley, Washington Post
"[Woman] Great dialogue. Great acting. Great filmmaking."  Joel Siegel, WABC-TV
"[Crimes] A one-of-a-kind effort."  Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"[Crimes] Whiny, quirky and urbane..."  Rita Kempley, Washigton Post
"[Woman] I was mesmerized from beginning to end."  Roger Ebert, Siskel & Ebert
"[Alice] ...calls for celebration."  Vincent Canby, The New York Times
 


Editor's Note

This collection brings together a collection of films from writer-director-star Woody Allen's late-1980s, early-1990s period, a time for serious Bergmanesque drama married with bitter comedy. The set includes the delightful ALICE, the moving ANOTHER WOMAN, the nearly flawless CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, the penetrating SEPTEMBER, and the surreal SHADOWS AND FOG. Please see individual titles for details and technical specifications.