New York Stories (1989)
Directed by Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola

Comedy / Drama / Romance
aka: Life Lessons

Film Synopsis

Three stories revolving around the city of New York.  In 'Life Lessons' Lionel Dobie is an abstract artist whose creative block is removed by jealousy when his ex-lover Paulette begins dating other artists.  Lionel soon becomes dangerously dependent on destructive relationships to maintain his latest creative spurt.  In 'Life Without Zoë', a young girl returns a valuable item of jewellery to an Arab princess and ends up trying to reconcile her divorced parents.  In 'Oedipus Wrecks', lawyer Sheldon has a strained relationship with his pathologically critical mother.  When his mother miraculously disappears in a stage conjuring act Sheldon can hardly believe his good fortune - until she reappears in the sky above the city.
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Film Credits

  • Director: Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese
  • Script: Richard Price, Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Sofia Coppola
  • Cinematographer: Néstor Almendros, Sven Nykvist, Vittorio Storaro
  • Music: Carmine Coppola
  • Cast: Woody Allen (Sheldon - Oedipus Wrecks), Marvin Chatinover (Psychiatrist - Oedipus Wrecks), Mae Questel (Mother - Oedipus Wrecks), Mia Farrow (Lisa - Oedipus Wrecks), Molly Regan (Sheldon's Secretary - Oedipus Wrecks), Ira Wheeler (Mr. Bates - Oedipus Wrecks), Joan Bud (Board Member - Oedipus Wrecks), Jessie Keosian (Aunt Ceil - Oedipus Wrecks), Michael Rizzo (Waiter - Oedipus Wrecks), George Schindler (Shandu, The Magician - Oedipus Wrecks), Bridgit Ryan (Rita - Oedipus Wrecks), Larry David (Theater Manager - Oedipus Wrecks), Paul Herman (Detective Flynn), Herschel Rosen (Store Clerk - Oedipus Wrecks), Lola André (Citizen - Oedipus Wrecks), Martin Rosenblatt (Citizen - Oedipus Wrecks), Helen Hanft (Citizen - Oedipus Wrecks), Annie Joe Edwards (Citizen - Oedipus Wrecks), Ernst Muller (Citizen - Oedipus Wrecks), Adele French (Citizen - Oedipus Wrecks)
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Support: Color (Technicolor)
  • Runtime: 124 min
  • Aka: Life Lessons ; Life Without Zoe ; Oedipus Wrecks

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