Rent The Front (1976)
3.7 of 5 from 95 ratings
1h 31min
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- Synopsis:
- Woody Allen stars as Howard Prince, a small-time restaurant cashier, part-time bookie and full-time loser who is induced by a writer-friend to "front" for the submission of his TV scripts when he is blacklisted as an alleged subversive. Howard is soon "fronting" for other writers. He becomes a celebrity and is lionized as television's most brilliant and prolific young author. But when popular TV comic Hecky Brown (Zero Mostel) is blacklisted and his career is threatened, he agrees to keep Howard under surveillance. Howard is then summoned to appear before an investigative committee and his stand before them brings about an unexpected dramatic conclusion.
- Actors:
- Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Murphy, Andrea Marcovicci, Remak Ramsay, Marvin Lichterman, Lloyd Gough, David Margulies, Joshua Shelley, Norman Rose, Charles Kimbrough, Josef Sommer, Danny Aiello, Georgann Johnson, Scott McKay, David Clarke, I.W. Klein, John Bentley, Julie Garfield
- Directors:
- Martin Ritt
- Producers:
- Martin Ritt
- Writers:
- Walter Bernstein
- Studio:
- Sony
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Films About Television: Part 1, A Brief History of Films About Television: Part 2, A History of Films about Film: Part 1, inema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 2, Pig Power: Animal Farm At 70, Remembering Alan Arkin, The Biggest Oscar Snubs: Part 1, Top 10 Bookshop Scenes
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/03/2017
- Run Time:
- 95 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with film historians Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman, and actress Andrea Marcovicci Behind the Front (2004, 6 mins): an interview with acclaimed director of photography Michael Chapman
- Isolated score: experience Dave Grusin's original soundtrack music
- Image Gallery: on-set and promotional photography
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- UK Blu-ray premiere
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Reviews (1) of The Front
A rare and very brave film. - The Front review by AW
I have seen many Woody Allen films and some many times. This was new to me and a very interesting film. The style is lightly humorous in Woody's typical intelligent style. The subject matter, in which Woody, as the lead actor, gradually shifts his position away from dodgy self interest to commitment is dramatic and impressive.
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