History Film / AnnieHall

-->'''Alvy:''' ''(FacePalm)''

* MyNameIsNotDurwood:
-->'''Alvy:''' Stop calling me "Max".
-->'''Rob:''' Why, Max? It's a good name for you.
** RealitySubtext: Woody Allen always used "Max" as his fake name in hotel registers.

* GeniusBonus: Alvy's stand up routines in universe. This is Lampshaded by Annie, who--through reading books that Alvy buys for her--begins to understand more of the references he makes.
** Alvy's joke about the (fictitious) magazine ''Dysentery,'' saying that ''Dissent'' and ''Commentary'' merged to form ''Dysentery''. ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissent_(magazine) Dissent]]'' is a famous [[UsefulNotes/PoliticalIdeologies Left-Liberal]] Jewish political magazine, and ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commentary_(magazine) Commentary]]'' is a famous [[UsefulNotes/PoliticalIdeologies Conservative]] Jewish political magazine.

The film was originally written as a murder mystery, but Allen and editor Ralph Rosenblum chopped off the mystery parts, and turned the film into a romantic comedy being told by Alvy. Allen would later use the murder mystery plot for ''ManhattanMurderMystery'', which starred Allen and Keaton as a married couple, which many consider a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Annie Hall''.

* ComedyGhetto: A rare aversion.

* HilariousInHindsight: The party guest using the house phone to tell his guru he forgot his mantra is already supposed to be funny, outlining the pseudo-intellectual, culturally-appropriating nature of LA, but the fact that it's a then-unknown JeffGoldblum and he's only in the entire movie for less than 5 seconds makes modern-day viewing that much more hilarious.

''Annie Hall'' (1977) is an American romantic comedy film directed by Creator/WoodyAllen from a script co-written with Marshall Brickman. One of Allen's most popular films, it won numerous awards at the time of its release, including four AcademyAwards, and in 2002 RogerEbert referred to it as "just about everyone's favorite Woody Allen movie".

** Annie Hall is Diane Keaton's real name (Annie is a nickname variant of Diane)

''Annie Hall'' (1977) is an American romantic comedy film directed by WoodyAllen from a script co-written with Marshall Brickman. One of Allen's most popular films, it won numerous awards at the time of its release, including four AcademyAwards, and in 2002 RogerEbert referred to it as "just about everyone's favorite Woody Allen movie".

* OneSceneWonder: ChristopherWalken (who else) as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGPcSd7DDLk Annie's brother, Dwayne.]]

!! This Movie Contains Examples Of:

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Annie. Played straight, then [[SubvertedTrope brutally subverted.]]

:: This, however, is turned around when Alvy shares another joke at the very end of the film (See the page quote, at the top of the page) and rationalizes that he has a reason to endure all of the absurdity and suffering "because he needs the eggs". The theme is also exemplified through Dr. Flicker's viewpoint in his talk with young Alvy and his mother, when young Alvy is concludes that nothing is important because the the universe is expanding and everything in existence will fall apart.

* NietzscheWannabe: A number of Alvy's opinions on life and relationships ''reek'' of pessimism and nihilism, best exemplified by the film's opening lines,
--> '''Alvy:''' There's an old joke, um... Two elderly women are at a Catskill Mountain resort, and one of 'em says, "Boy, the food at this place is really terrible." The other one says, "Yeah, I know; and such small portions." Well, that's essentially how I feel about life--full of loneliness and misery and suffering and unhappiness, and it's all over much too quickly.
:: This, however, is turned around when Alvy shares another joke at the very end of the film (See the page quote, at the top of the page) and rationalizes that he has a reason to endure all of the absurdity and suffering "because he needs the eggs".

''Annie Hall'' (1977) is an American romantic comedy film directed by WoodyAllen from a script co-written with Marshall Brickman. One of Allen's most popular films, it won numerous awards at the time of its release, including four Academy Awards, and in 2002 RogerEbert referred to it as "just about everyone's favorite Woody Allen movie".

* ActorAllusion: Annie arrives to meet Alvy while a group of stereotypical Italian-Americans are hounding him for autographs. He immediately describes them to her as "the cast of ''TheGodfather''" - the movie that arguably ''made'' Diane Keaton's career.
** Also one of the actors playing the autograph hounds (Rick Petruccelli) had a very small role in ''TheGodfather''.

* FreudianSlipperySlope: A ton. For example:

* RapeAsComedy: "My grammy never gave gifts. She was too busy getting raped by Cossacks."

:: This, however, is turned around when Alvy shares another joke at the very end of the film (See the page quote, above) and rationalizes that he has a reason to endure all of the absurdity and suffering "because he needs the eggs".

''Film/AnnieHall'' (1977) is an American romantic comedy film directed by WoodyAllen from a script co-written with Marshall Brickman. One of Allen's most popular films, it won numerous awards at the time of its release, including four Academy Awards, and in 2002 RogerEbert referred to it as "just about everyone's favorite Woody Allen movie".

* MediumBlending: Alvy and the Evil Queen from ''[[SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]]''.