The Purple Rose of Cairo

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fantasy film film romantic comedy film

The Purple Rose of Cairo is a 1985 fantasy-romantic comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen about a movie character who steps off the screen into the real world during the Great Depression.

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The Purple Rose of Cairo canonical 8
What Dreams May Come 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fantasy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
romantic comedy film ⓘ
artDirectionBy Santo Loquasto ⓘ
awardReceived BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
César Award for Best Foreign Film ⓘ
cinematography Gordon Willis ⓘ
colorProcess color ⓘ
costumeDesignBy Santo Loquasto ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Woody Allen ⓘ
distributedIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distributor Orion Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Susan E. Morse ⓘ
filmingLocation New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey
genre comedy ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
romance film ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
hasSetting fictional film within a film titled "The Purple Rose of Cairo" ⓘ
movie theater ⓘ
hasTheme blurring of fiction and reality ⓘ
escapism ⓘ
romantic disillusionment ⓘ
mainCharacter Cecilia ⓘ
Gil Shepherd ⓘ
Tom Baxter ⓘ
musicBy Dick Hyman ⓘ
narrativeLocation New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ⓘ
notableFor breaking the fourth wall through a character leaving the film within the film ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Woody Allen filmography ⓘ
plotSummary A movie character steps off the cinema screen into the real world and falls in love with a Depression-era woman. ⓘ
productionCompany Orion Pictures ⓘ
publicationDate 1985 ⓘ
releaseDateUS 1985-03-01 ⓘ
releaseYear 1985 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 82 ⓘ
screenwriter Woody Allen ⓘ
setInPeriod Great Depression ⓘ
starring Danny Aiello ⓘ
Dianne Wiest ⓘ
Jeff Daniels ⓘ
Mia Farrow ⓘ
Vanessa Redgrave ⓘ
writer Woody Allen ⓘ

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Dianne Wiest → notableWork → The Purple Rose of Cairo ⓘ
Woody Allen → notableWork → The Purple Rose of Cairo ⓘ
Eduardo Serra → workedOn → The Purple Rose of Cairo ⓘ
this entity surface form: What Dreams May Come
Mia Farrow → notableWork → The Purple Rose of Cairo ⓘ
Danny Aiello → notableWork → The Purple Rose of Cairo ⓘ
Jeff Daniels → notableWork → The Purple Rose of Cairo ⓘ
John Wood → notableWork → The Purple Rose of Cairo ⓘ
Robert Greenhut → notableWork → The Purple Rose of Cairo ⓘ
Susan E. Morse → editedFilm → The Purple Rose of Cairo ⓘ