History Film / AnnieHall

-->'''Rob:''' Why, Max? It's a good name for you.

* NauseaFuel:

* DeadpanSnarker: Alvy, of course, but Annie gets her shots in.
-->'''Alvy:''' I can't go into a movie that's already started, because I'm anal.
-->'''Annie:''' That's a ''polite'' word for what you are.

-->'''Alvy:''' You, you, you're like New York, Jewish, left-wing, liberal, intellectual, Central Park West, Brandeis University, the socialist summer camps and the, the father with the Ben Shahn drawings, right, and the really, y'know, strike-oriented kind of, red diaper, stop me before I make a complete imbecile of myself.
-->'''Allison:''' No, that was wonderful. I love being reduced to a cultural stereotype.

** Most famously, Woody Allen's characters attend a screening of the documentary Film/TheSorrowAndThePity.
** Alvy returning to his childhood home and seeing his younger self and his family is an obvious nod to ''Film/WildStrawberries''.

%%* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Too many to list.

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 ''Film/ManhattanMurderMystery'', which starred Allen and Keaton as a married couple and is considered by many to be a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Annie Hall''.

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 ''Manhattan Murder Mystery'', which starred Allen and Keaton as a married couple and is considered by many to be a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Annie Hall''.

* {{It Is Pronounced Tro-PAY}}: For some reason, Annie pronounces Reagan "Ree-gan".

** And three seconds of JeffGoldblum as the "I forgot my mantra"-guy.

* JewsLoveToArgue

* StepfordSmiler: Alvy is like this during the scene when a comic is pitching him on the type of (horrible, in Alvy's opinion) jokes he wants Alvy to write for him. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Alvy, who wonders in an InteriorMonologue how much longer he can keep the smile on his face.
* {{Subtext}}

* ShoutOut: The animated Woody is the AuthorAvatar of Woody Allen's comic strip that was published in newspapers at the time.

** Annie is on the idealism side, but Alvy notes that he considers it a "personal triumph" when he meets her dragging a new boyfriend to see ''The Sorrow and the Pity''.

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* MinnesotaNice: The Wisconsin-born Annie is a combination of MinnesotaNice and ManicPixieDreamGirl. Also her relatives in the Easter dinner scene: "I can't believe this family... They're talking swap meets and boat basins and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick the old lady at the end of the table is a classic Jew hater.]]"

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 ''Manhattan Murder Mystery'', which starred Allen and Keaton as a married couple, which many consider a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Annie Hall''.