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{{Short description|1994 film by Woody Allen}} {{For|the Broadway musical based on the film|Bullets Over Broadway (musical)}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox film | name = Bullets Over Broadway | image = Bullets over Broadway movie poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Woody Allen]] | writer = {{ubl|Woody Allen|[[Douglas McGrath]]}} | producer = [[Robert Greenhut]] | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Jim Broadbent]] * [[John Cusack]] * [[Harvey Fierstein]] * [[Chazz Palminteri]] * [[Mary-Louise Parker]] * [[Rob Reiner]] * [[Jennifer Tilly]] * [[Tracey Ullman]] * [[Joe Viterelli]] * [[Jack Warden]] * [[Dianne Wiest]] }} | cinematography = [[Carlo Di Palma|Carlo DiPalma]] | editing = [[Susan E. Morse]] | studio = Sweetland Films | distributor = [[Miramax Films]] | released = {{Film date|1994|9|4|[[51st Venice International Film Festival|Venice]]|1994|10|14|United States}} | runtime = 98 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $20 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Bullets-Over-Broadway |title=Bullets Over Broadway (1994) - Financial Information |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=May 14, 2023}}</ref> | gross = $37.5 million<ref name=mojo/><ref name=Variety/> }} '''''Bullets Over Broadway''''' is a 1994 American [[black comedy]] [[crime film]] directed by [[Woody Allen]], written by Allen and [[Douglas McGrath]], and starring an [[ensemble cast]] including [[John Cusack]], [[Dianne Wiest]], [[Chazz Palminteri]] and [[Jennifer Tilly]]. Set in 1920s [[New York City]], the film centers on a struggling playwright who is urged to cast the talentless girlfriend of a notorious mobster in his newest play in order to get it produced. The film was nominated for seven [[67th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]], including Allen for [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], Allen and McGrath for [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]], Palminteri for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]], and both Tilly and Wiest for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]], with the latter winning for her performance, the second time Allen directed her to an Academy Award. Considered one of his best works, ''Bullets Over Broadway'' is the most recent film directed by Allen with a shared writing credit. ==Plot== In 1928, David Shayne is an idealistic young playwright newly arrived on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] from Pittsburgh. Desperate to gain financing for his play, ''God of Our Fathers'', he is persuaded by producer Julian Marx to cast actress Olive Neal, the girlfriend of gangster Nick Valenti, in a minor role. Compensating for his frustration with the demanding and talentless Olive, David is thrilled to cast alcoholic faded star Helen Sinclair in the lead role, along with the dieting British thespian Warner Purcell. Rehearsals are soon thrown into chaos when Olive shows up escorted by Cheech, a mob henchman, who insists on watching rehearsals. Eventually Cheech starts giving notes on the script to David, who is initially angered by the intrusion but quickly realizes the ideas are excellent. Cheech, who barely learned to read before burning down his school, has a natural talent for playwriting, but is not interested in taking any credit. The cast members herald the revised script as genius, disparaging his initial draft as dull and pompous. Buoyed by their imminent success, David and the actors succumb to their vices. His partner, Ellen, catches him cheating on her with Helen. Warner indulges in overeating and begins an affair with Olive, which he attempts to break off when Cheech threatens his life. Growing increasingly frustrated with Olive's poor acting, Cheech tries to have her fired from the production. After David reminds him he cannot get rid of Olive, Cheech murders her and dumps her body in a river. Olive's murder is widely assumed to be part of an inter-gang conflict, but David immediately senses the truth and argues with Cheech. Regretting his mistakes, David is dismayed to learn that Ellen is leaving him for his hedonistic [[Marxism|Marxist]] friend Sheldon Flender. On opening night, Valenti accuses Cheech of Olive's murder, which he denies. Henchmen Rocco and Aldo chase Cheech backstage while the play is being performed, shooting him. With his dying words, Cheech gives David a new final line for the play. The play is a critical and commercial success, but David skips the after-party to confront Flender. He confesses his lack of talent and proposes marriage to Ellen, who accepts his newfound desire to leave high society and move back to Pittsburgh. ==Cast== {{Cast listing| * [[John Cusack]] as David Shayne * [[Jack Warden]] as Julian Marx * [[Chazz Palminteri]] as "Cheech" * [[Joe Viterelli]] as Nick Valenti * [[Jennifer Tilly]] as Olive Neal * [[Rob Reiner]] as Sheldon Flender * [[Stacey Nelkin]] as Rita * [[Małgorzata Zajączkowska|Margaret Sophie Stein]] as Lili * [[Mary-Louise Parker]] as Ellen * [[Dianne Wiest]] as Helen Sinclair * [[Harvey Fierstein]] as Sid Loomis * [[Shannah Laumeister]] as Movie Theatre Victim * [[Brian McConnachie]] as Mitch Sabine * [[Edie Falco]] as Lorna * [[Jim Broadbent]] as Warner Purcell * [[Tracey Ullman]] as Eden Brent * [[Debi Mazar]] as Violet "Vi" * [[Tony Sirico]] as Rocco * [[Tony Darrow]] as Aldo * [[Benay Venuta]] as Theater Well-Wisher }} ==Soundtrack== {{div col|colwidth=35em}} * "[[Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)]]" – Written by [[Dan Russo]], Ernie Erdman and [[Gus Kahn]] – Performed by [[Al Jolson]] with the Vitaphone Orchestra * "[[Crazy Rhythm]]" – Lyrics by [[Irving Caesar]] – Music by [[Joseph Meyer (songwriter)]] & [[Roger Wolfe Kahn]] * "You've Got to See Mamma Every Night or You Can't See Mamma at All" – Lyrics by [[Billy Rose]] – Music by [[Con Conrad]] * "[[Make Believe (Jerome Kern song)|Make Believe]]" – Music by [[Jerome Kern]] – Lyrics by [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] – Performed by The Three Deuces Musicians * "That Jungle Jamboree" – Written by [[Andy Razaf]], [[Harry Brooks (composer)|Harry Brooks]] & [[Fats Waller]] – Performed by [[Duke Ellington]] * "[[(Up A) Lazy River|Lazy River]]" – Written by [[Hoagy Carmichael]] & [[Sidney Arodin]] – Performed by New Leviathan Oriental Fox Trot Orchestra * "[[Nagasaki (song)|Nagasaki]]" – Music by [[Harry Warren]] – Lyrics by [[Mort Dixon]] * "[[Let's Misbehave]]" – By [[Cole Porter]] – Performed by [[Irving Aaronson]] and his Commanders * "[[You Took Advantage of Me]]" – Music by [[Richard Rodgers]] – Lyrics by [[Lorenz Hart]] * "[[When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)]]" – Written by [[Harry M. Woods]] * "[[Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me]]" – Lyrics by [[Sidney Clare]] – Music by Con Conrad – Performed by [[Eddie Cantor]] with [[Henri Rene]] and His Orchestra * "[[Thou Swell]]" – Music by Richard Rodgers – Lyrics by Lorenz Hart * "[[At the Jazz Band Ball]]" – Written by [[Nick LaRocca]] & [[Larry Shields]] – Performed by [[Bix Beiderbecke]] * "[[Poor Butterfly]]" – Music by [[Raymond Hubbell]] – Lyrics by [[John Golden]] – Performed by [[Red Nichols and His Five Pennies]] * "[[That Certain Feeling]]" – Music by [[George Gershwin]] – Lyrics by [[Ira Gershwin]] * "Who" – Music by Jerome Kern – Lyrics by [[Otto A. Harbach]] & Oscar Hammerstein II – Performed by [[George Olsen]]<ref>{{cite book |last= Harvey |first= Adam|year= 2007|title= The Soundtracks of Woody Allen: A Complete Guide to the Songs and Music in Every Film, 1969–2005 |location= Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher= [[McFarland & Company]] |page=34 |isbn=978-0-7864-2968-4}}</ref> {{div col end}} ==Production== The film's locales include the duplex co-op on the 22nd floor of 5 [[Tudor City]] Place in [[Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Barbanel |first=Josh |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304692804577286003872833824 |title=Selling a Tudor City Treasure |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=March 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709074308/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304692804577286003872833824 |archive-date=July 9, 2017}}</ref> The film's title may have been an homage to a lengthy sketch of the same title from the 1950s television show ''[[Caesar's Hour]]''; one of Allen's first jobs in television was writing for [[Sid Caesar]] specials after the initial run of the show.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-02-13 |title=Sid Caesar 1922-2014 + Woody Allen Response |url=https://www.woodyallenpages.com/2014/02/sid-caesar-1922-2014-woody-allen-response/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=The Woody Allen Pages |language=en-US}}</ref> The film featured the last screen appearance of [[Benay Venuta]]. Allen cast her in a cameo role as a well-wishing wealthy theatre patron.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gelder |first=Lawrence Van |author-link=Lawrence Van Gelder |date=1995-09-02 |title=Benay Venuta, 84, an Actress, Singer, Dancer and Sculptor |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/02/obituaries/benay-venuta-84-an-actress-singer-dancer-and-sculptor.html |access-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She died of lung cancer in September 1995. ==Reception== ===Critical response=== ''Bullets Over Broadway'' received a positive response from critics. On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 95% based on 60 reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "A gleefully entertaining backstage comedy, ''Bullets Over Broadway'' features some of Woody Allen's sharpest, most inspired late-period writing and direction."<ref>{{cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=bullets_over_broadway|type=movie|title=Bullets Over Broadway|publisher_hide=y}}</ref> [[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' described the film as "a bright, energetic, sometimes side-splitting comedy with vital matters on its mind, precisely the kind of sharp-edged farce [Allen] has always done best."<ref>{{cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin |title=Film Festival Review; Allen's Ode to Theater and, as Always, New York |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 30, 1994 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D00EFDC1F3AF933A0575AC0A962958260 |access-date=September 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129034832/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D00EFDC1F3AF933A0575AC0A962958260 |archive-date=January 29, 2018}}</ref> [[Todd McCarthy]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' similarly called it "a backstage comedy bolstered by healthy shots of prohibition gangster melodrama and romantic entanglements" and wrote, "In its mixing of showbiz and gangsters, this is a nice companion piece to Allen's ''[[Broadway Danny Rose]]'', and about as amusing."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=McCarthy |first=Todd |author-link=Todd McCarthy |title=Review: 'Bullets Over Broadway' |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=September 6, 1994 |url=https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/bullets-over-broadway-2-1200438721/ |access-date=September 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304230613/http://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/bullets-over-broadway-2-1200438721/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' praised, "''Bullets Over Broadway'' shares a kinship with a more serious film by Allen, ''[[Crimes and Misdemeanors]]'', in which a man committed murder and was able, somehow, to almost justify it. Now here is the comic side of the same coin. The movie is very funny and, in the way it follows its logic wherever it leads, surprisingly tough."<ref>{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |title=Bullets Over Broadway |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=October 28, 1994 |url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/bullets-over-broadway-1994 |access-date=September 20, 2015 |via=[[RogerEbert.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208215643/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/bullets-over-broadway-1994 |archive-date=December 8, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> The film grossed $13.4 million in the United States and Canada and $24.1 million internationally for a worldwide total of $37.5 million.<ref name=mojo>{{cite Box Office Mojo|id=0109348|title=Bullets Over Broadway|publisher_hide=y|access-date=April 23, 2023}}</ref><ref name=Variety>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|date=February 19, 1996|page=1|last=Klady|first=Leonard|title=B.O. with a vengeance: $9.1 billion worldwide}}</ref> ==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! Award ! Category ! Nominee(s) ! Result ! {{Ref heading}} |- | rowspan="7"| [[67th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]] | [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] | [[Woody Allen]] | {{nom}} | rowspan="7" align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995 |title=The 67th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners |access-date=November 20, 2011 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109220937/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995 |archive-date=November 9, 2014}}</ref> |- | [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] | [[Chazz Palminteri]] | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="2"| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | [[Jennifer Tilly]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Dianne Wiest]] | {{won}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]] | Woody Allen and [[Douglas McGrath]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]] | Art Direction: [[Santo Loquasto]]; <br> Set Decoration: [[Susan Bode]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]] | [[Jeffrey Kurland]] | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="4"| [[American Comedy Awards#1995 awards|American Comedy Awards]] | Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Chazz Palminteri | {{nom}} | rowspan="4" align="center"| |- | rowspan="3"| Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Jennifer Tilly | {{nom}} |- | [[Tracey Ullman]] | {{nom}} |- | Dianne Wiest | {{won}} |- | [[Casting Society of America#Artios Awards|Artios Awards]] | [[Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature (Comedy)|Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Comedy]] | [[Juliet Taylor]] | {{won}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1995 |title=1995 Artios Awards |publisher=[[Casting Society of America]] |access-date=January 6, 2019 |archive-date=August 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816125813/http://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1995 |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2"| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1994|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]] | rowspan="2"| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | Tracey Ullman | {{draw|3rd Place}} | rowspan="2" align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://bostonfilmcritics.org/past-winners-1990s/ |title=BSFC Winners: 1990s |publisher=[[Boston Society of Film Critics]] |date=27 July 2018 |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=July 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717194814/https://bostonfilmcritics.org/past-winners-1990s/ |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | Dianne Wiest | {{draw|2nd Place}} |- | [[49th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]] | [[BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Original]] | Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath | {{nom}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1996/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1996 |publisher=[[BAFTA]] |year=1996 |access-date=16 September 2016 |ref={{harvid|BAFTA|1996}} |archive-date=12 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612051036/http://awards.bafta.org/award/1996/film |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[British Comedy Awards#1995|British Comedy Awards]] | colspan="2"| Best Comedy Film | {{won}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcomedyawards.com/past-winners/1995.aspx |title=Past Winners 1995 |publisher=[[British Comedy Awards]] |access-date=September 11, 2021 |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201171453/https://britishcomedyawards.com/past-winners/1995.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1994|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]] | [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] | Chazz Palminteri | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/archives |title=1988-2013 Award Winner Archives |date=January 2013 |publisher=[[Chicago Film Critics Association]] |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-date=April 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410183233/https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/archives |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | Dianne Wiest | {{won}} |- | rowspan="2"| [[Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film|Chlotrudis Awards]] | colspan="2"| Best Movie | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://chlotrudis.org/awards/past-awards/1995-awards/ |title=1st Annual Chlotrudis Awards |publisher=[[Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films|Chlotrudis Awards]] |access-date=February 7, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref> |- | Best Supporting Actress | rowspan="2"| Dianne Wiest | {{won}} |- | [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association|Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards]] | [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | {{won}} | align="center"| |- | [[52nd Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]] | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]] | Dianne Wiest | {{won}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/bullets-over-broadway |title=Bullets Over Broadway |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=September 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911230638/https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/bullets-over-broadway |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[31st Guldbagge Awards|Guldbagge Awards]] | [[Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]] | Woody Allen | {{nom}} | align="center"| |- | rowspan="4"| [[10th Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Film|Best Feature]] | {{nom}} | rowspan="4" align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/SA_SubForm_etc/2021_SA_ALLNomineesWinners_063021.pdf |title=36 Years of Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Independent Spirit Awards]] |access-date=August 13, 2021 |archive-date=August 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813204435/https://s3.amazonaws.com/SA_SubForm_etc/2021_SA_ALLNomineesWinners_063021.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male|Best Supporting Male]] | Chazz Palminteri | {{won}} |- | [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female|Best Supporting Female]] | Dianne Wiest | {{won}} |- | [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] | Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath | {{nom}} |- | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Supporting Actress | rowspan="2"| Dianne Wiest | {{won}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://kcfcc.org/kcfcc-award-winners-1990-99/ |title=KCFCC Award Winners – 1990-99 |publisher=Kansas City Film Critics Circle |date=14 December 2013 |access-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021042459/https://kcfcc.org/kcfcc-award-winners-1990-99/ |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[1994 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]] | [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | {{won}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lafca.net/Years/1994.php |title=The Annual 20th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |publisher=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-date=October 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006012950/http://www.lafca.net/Years/1994.php |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[National Board of Review Awards 1994|National Board of Review Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]] | {{draw|4th Place}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1994/ |title=1994 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=October 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003002208/https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1994/ |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[1994 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]] | [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | rowspan="2"| Dianne Wiest | {{won}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |title=Past Awards |publisher=[[National Society of Film Critics]] |date=19 December 2009 |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=October 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20151017103247/http://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[1994 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]] | [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | {{won}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://mubi.com/awards-and-festivals/nyfccas?year=1994 |title=1994 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |website=[[Mubi (streaming service)|Mubi]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=September 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911230636/https://mubi.com/awards-and-festivals/nyfccas?year=1994 |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[Sant Jordi Awards]] | Best Foreign Actor | Chazz Palminteri {{small|(also for ''[[A Bronx Tale]]'' and ''[[The Usual Suspects]]'')}} | {{won}} | align="center"| |- | rowspan="2"| [[1st Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Awards]] | [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role]] | Chazz Palminteri | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/inaugural-screen-actors-guild-awards |title=The 1st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |publisher=[[Screen Actors Guild Awards]] |access-date=May 21, 2016 |archive-date=July 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727231454/https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/inaugural-screen-actors-guild-awards |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role]] | rowspan="3"| Dianne Wiest | {{won}} |- | [[Society of Texas Film Critics Awards 1994|Society of Texas Film Critics Awards]] | Best Supporting Actress | {{won}} |- | Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actress | {{won}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sefca.net/winners#/1994 |title=1994 SEFA Awards |publisher=Southeastern Film Critics Association |access-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-date=December 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206141119/https://www.sefca.net/winners/#/1994 |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[47th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]] | [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]] | Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath | {{nom}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551|title=Awards Winners|publisher=Writers Guild of America|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551|archive-date=2012-12-05|access-date=2010-06-06}}</ref> |} ===Year-end lists=== * 4th – [[National Board of Review Awards 1994|National Board of Review]]<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125214358/http://nbrmp.org/awards/past.cfm?year=1994|url=http://nbrmp.org/awards/past.cfm?year=1994|title=Awards for 1994|archive-date=November 25, 2010|publisher=[[National Board of Review]]|access-date=July 20, 2020}}</ref> * 4th – Glenn Lovell, ''[[San Jose Mercury News]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Lovell|first=Glenn|date=December 25, 1994 |title=The Past Picture Show the Good, the Bad and the Ugly -- a Year Worth's of Movie Memories|newspaper=[[San Jose Mercury News]]|page=3|edition=Morning Final}}</ref> * 4th – Sean P. Means, ''[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=P. Means|first=Sean|date=January 1, 1995|title='Pulp and Circumstance' After the Rise of Quentin Tarantino, Hollywood Would Never Be the Same|newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune|page=E1|edition=Final}}</ref> * 5th – Robert Denerstein, ''[[Rocky Mountain News]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Denerstein|first=Robert|date=January 1, 1995|title=Perhaps It Was Best to Simply Fade to Black|newspaper=Rocky Mountain News|page=61A|edition=Final}}</ref> * 8th – [[Peter Travers]], ''[[Rolling Stone]]''<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Travers|first=Peter|date=December 29, 1994|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/the-best-and-worst-movies-of-1994-180969/|title=The Best and Worst Movies of 1994|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=July 20, 2020|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125152931/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/the-best-and-worst-movies-of-1994-180969/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 8th – [[Kevin Thomas (film critic)|Kevin Thomas]], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''<ref name="LATimesYE">{{cite web |last=Turan |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Turan |date=December 25, 1994 |title=1994: YEAR IN REVIEW : No Weddings, No Lions, No Gumps |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-25-ca-12998-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319070002/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-25-ca-12998-story.html |archive-date=March 19, 2021 |access-date=July 20, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> * 8th – John Hurley, ''[[Staten Island Advance]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Hurley|first=John|date=December 30, 1994|title=Movie Industry Hit Highs and Lows in '94|newspaper=Staten Island Advance|page=D11}}</ref> * 10th – Yardena Arar, ''[[Los Angeles Daily News]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Bob|date=December 30, 1994|title=At the Movies: Quantity Over Quality|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]|page=L6|edition=Valley}}</ref> * 11th – [[Janet Maslin]], ''[[The New York Times]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Maslin|first=Janet|date=December 27, 1994|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/27/movies/critic-s-notebook-the-good-bad-and-in-between-in-a-year-of-surprises-on-film.html|title=CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; The Good, Bad and In-Between In a Year of Surprises on Film|work=The New York Times|access-date=July 19, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719130530/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/27/movies/critic-s-notebook-the-good-bad-and-in-between-in-a-year-of-surprises-on-film.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * Top 9 (not ranked) – Dan Webster, ''[[The Spokesman-Review]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Webster|first=Dan|date=January 1, 1995|title=In Year of Disappointments, Some Movies Still Delivered|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|edition=Spokane|page=2}}</ref> * Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Bob Ross, ''[[The Tampa Tribune]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Ross|first=Bob|date=December 30, 1994|title=1994 The Year in Entertainment|newspaper=[[The Tampa Tribune]]|page=18|edition=Final}}</ref> * Top 10 (not ranked) – Dennis King, ''[[Tulsa World]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=King|first=Dennis|date=December 25, 1994|title=SCREEN SAVERS In a Year of Faulty Epics, The Oddest Little Movies Made The Biggest Impact|newspaper=[[Tulsa World]]|page=E1|edition=Final Home}}</ref> * Top 10 (not ranked) – Howie Movshovitz, ''[[The Denver Post]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Movshovitz|first=Howie|date= December 25, 1994 |title=Memorable Movies of '94 Independents, fringes filled out a lean year|newspaper=[[The Denver Post]]|page=E-1|edition=Rockies}}</ref> * Top 5 runners-up (not ranked) – Scott Schuldt, ''[[The Oklahoman]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Schuldt|first=Scott|date=January 1, 1995|url=https://oklahoman.com/article/2488346/oklahoman-movie-critics-rank-their-favorites-for-the-year-without-a-doubt-blue-ribbon-goes-to-pulp-fiction-scott-says|title=Oklahoman Movie Critics Rank Their Favorites for the Year Without a Doubt, Blue Ribbon Goes to "Pulp Fiction," Scott Says|work=The Oklahoman|access-date=July 20, 2020|archive-date=July 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720075932/https://oklahoman.com/article/2488346/oklahoman-movie-critics-rank-their-favorites-for-the-year-without-a-doubt-blue-ribbon-goes-to-pulp-fiction-scott-says|url-status=live}}</ref> * Honorable mentions – Mike Clark, ''[[USA Today]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Clark|first=Mike|date=December 28, 1994 |title=Scoring with true life, 'True Lies' and 'Fiction.'|newspaper=USA Today|page=5D|edition=Final}}</ref> * Honorable mention – Duane Dudek, ''[[Milwaukee Sentinel]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Dudek|first=Duane|date=December 30, 1994|title=1994 was a year of slim pickings|work=Milwaukee Sentinel|page=3}}</ref> * Honorable mention – [[Michael MacCambridge]], ''[[Austin American-Statesman]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=MacCambridge|first=Michael|date=December 22, 1994|title=it's a LOVE-HATE thing|newspaper=[[Austin American-Statesman]]|page=38|edition=Final}}</ref> * Guilty pleasure – Douglas Armstrong, ''The Milwaukee Journal''<ref>{{cite news|last=Armstrong|first=Douglas|date=January 1, 1995|title=End-of-year slump is not a happy ending|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal|page=2}}</ref> ==Stage musical== Allen adapted the film as a stage [[jukebox musical]], titled ''[[Bullets Over Broadway (musical)|Bullets Over Broadway the Musical]]''. The musical is directed and choreographed by [[Susan Stroman]], produced by [[Julian Schlossberg]] and Allen's younger sister [[Letty Aronson]], with a score from the [[American songbook]] using songs from the 1920s and 1930s.<ref name=HollywoodReporter-musical>{{cite magazine|last=Rooney|first=David|title=Susan Stroman to Shepherd Woody Allen's 'Bullets Over Broadway' to Stage|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/susan-stroman-shepherd-woody-allens-337857|access-date=14 August 2012|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=June 14, 2012|archive-date=18 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618150152/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/susan-stroman-shepherd-woody-allens-337857|url-status=live}}</ref> The new musical premiered on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] at the [[St. James Theatre]] on April 10, 2014.<ref name=play1>{{cite magazine |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/189909-The-Verdict-Critics-Review-Woody-Allen-Musical-Bullets-Over-Broadway |title=The Verdict: Critics Review Woody Allen Musical ''Bullets Over Broadway'' |magazine=[[Playbill]] |date=April 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140623083150/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/189909-The-Verdict-Critics-Review-Woody-Allen-Musical-Bullets-Over-Broadway |archive-date=June 23, 2014}}</ref> A staged reading was held in June 2013.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/179080-With-Reading-Underway-Woody-Allen-Musical-Bullets-Over-Broadway-Will-Test-Legs-in-Fall-Lab |title=With Reading Underway, Woody Allen Musical ''Bullets Over Broadway'' Will Test Legs in Fall Lab |magazine=Playbill |date=June 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906081329/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/179080-With-Reading-Underway-Woody-Allen-Musical-Bullets-Over-Broadway-Will-Test-Legs-in-Fall-Lab |archive-date=September 6, 2013}}</ref> The cast features [[Zach Braff]] as David Shayne, [[Brooks Ashmanskas]], Betsy Wolfe, [[Lenny Wolpe]], and Vincent Pastore.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/179577-Zach-Braff-Brooks-Ashmanskas-Betsy-Wolfe-Vincent-Pastore-Set-for-Bullets-Over-Broadway-Opening-in-April-2014 |title=Zach Braff, Brooks Ashmanskas, Betsy Wolfe, Vincent Pastore Set for ''Bullets Over Broadway'', Opening in April 2014 |magazine=Playbill |date=June 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905233933/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/179577-Zach-Braff-Brooks-Ashmanskas-Betsy-Wolfe-Vincent-Pastore-Set-for-Bullets-Over-Broadway-Opening-in-April-2014 |archive-date=September 5, 2013}}</ref> [[Marin Mazzie]] stars as Helen Sinclair,<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/185162-Marin-Mazzie-Lands-Coveted-Leading-Role-in-Woody-Allen-Musical-Bullets-Over-Broadway?tsrc=hpt2 |title=Marin Mazzie Lands Coveted Leading Role in Woody Allen Musical ''Bullets Over Broadway'' |magazine=Playbill |date=December 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110131702/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/185162-Marin-Mazzie-Lands-Coveted-Leading-Role-in-Woody-Allen-Musical-Bullets-Over-Broadway?tsrc=hpt2 |archive-date=January 10, 2014}}</ref> and [[Karen Ziemba]] appears as Eden Brent.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/186325-Karen-Ziemba-Joins-Woody-Allens-Bullets-Over-Broadway-Casting-Now-Complete?tsrc=hph |title=Karen Ziemba Joins Woody Allen's ''Bullets Over Broadway''; Casting Now Complete |magazine=Playbill |date=January 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110131700/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/186325-Karen-Ziemba-Joins-Woody-Allens-Bullets-Over-Broadway-Casting-Now-Complete?tsrc=hph |archive-date=January 10, 2014}}</ref> Musical supervisor Glen Kelly has adapted and written additional lyrics for songs including "Tain't Nobody's Bus'ness", "Running Wild", "Let's Misbehave", and "I Found a New Baby".<ref name=play1/> The musical closed on August 24, 2014, after 156 performances and 33 previews.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Hetrick |first1=Adam |last2=Gans |first2=Andrew |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/curtain-comes-down-on-woody-allen-musical-bullets-over-broadway |title=Curtain Comes Down on Woody Allen Musical ''Bullets Over Broadway'' |magazine=Playbill |date=August 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114933/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/curtain-comes-down-on-woody-allen-musical-bullets-over-broadway |archive-date=August 26, 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb title}} * {{Mojo title}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20101214100712/http://bostonreview.net/BR20.1/stone.html Where's Woody? 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