PLEASE rent/buy/view Woody Allen's "The Front"

[zulchzulu]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074554/
Script: http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/f/front-script-transcript-woody-allen.html

I hadn't seen this movie in years (done in 1976) and it is such a timely movie on many levels. If you haven't seen it, it's about Woody Allen being a front writer for some blacklisted writers during the height of the McCarthy Era in the 1950's. The propagandistic similarities between the 1950's commie boogeyman and Chimpy's so-called "War on Terror" are almost too funny...

Scary part of the movie:
"We're in a war, Mr. Brown. Against a ruthless and tricky enemy who will stop at nothing...to destroy our way of life. To be a spy on the side of freedom is an honor."

(From site above)
Cast overview, first billed only:
Woody Allen .... Howard Prince
Zero Mostel .... Hecky Brown
Michael Murphy .... Alfred Miller
Andrea Marcovicci .... Florence Barrett
Herschel Bernardi .... Phil Sussman
Remak Ramsay .... Hennessey
Marvin Lichterman .... Myer Prince
Lloyd Gough .... Delaney
David Margulies .... Phelps
Joshua Shelley .... Sam
Norman Rose .... Howard's Attorney
Charles Kimbrough .... Committee Counselor
Josef Sommer .... Committee Chairman (as M. Josef Sommer)
Danny Aiello .... Danny LaGattuta
Georgann Johnson .... TV Interviewer

[Bonobo]

1. Not a Woody movie actually in the true sense since he didn't direct...

But worth seeing for sure.

[kenny blankenship]

2. "I know some people, well they're not actually people--but for $50..."

"they'll break anybody's legs"

Great exit line too at the end but I don't want to give it away. Very stirring in a patriotic way, that ending, and should be taught to kids in civics classes.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. Absolutely wonderful movie

Many of the actors were actually blacklisted in the 1950s. Zero Mostel's character is so tragic! Thanks for reminding me of this great movie. It is one of my all time faves.