play it again and sam have one of the most quotable ( and joke able ) line in cinema history represent i be so depressed . it introduce woody allen a a complete neurotic who can not seem to look at the open door all around him and prefers to consult an analyst be it an actual psychiatrist or u and the viewer and whine about his inability to relate to the little thing in life without create some turbulent drama complete with hoot and click . it survive to this day and and whenever his name come up and people tend to sigh and think and oh no more angst come from successful white people from the upper east side . however and this be not a woody allen movie . this be herbert ross adaptation of a woody allen play and but it do in such a way that from start to finish it resemble the type of comic fantasy allen himself would direct in the latter part of the seventy and from then on . play it again and sam tell the story of allan felix and a film critic whose wife nancy ( susan anspach ) have leave him because she and plain and simple and needs excitement . ( sound familiar . he would explore a near identical situation with the relationship between alvy singer and annie hall . ) allan of course and becomes depress . because his apartment be a shrine to all thing humphrey bogart ( the movie begin with allan at an art house movie theatre at the end of casablanca ) and it no surprise when bogart make his own appearance and give allan pointer about how to react to woman while tell him what go wrong . at the same time and linda and dick ( diane keaton and tony robert ) and his married friend and also make their appearance and try to see if prospective match can take allan off of his arrest development . sadly or should i say and hilariously every woman they set allan up with prof to be dismal failure and but the surprising thing be that the more time allan and linda spend time together and the more they find that they relate to each other . it just time when pressure from bogart and allan own grow gumption will make him take the next step . one of the most remarkable thing in play it again and sam be how it become the first woody allen story to incorporate fantasy a a part of reality in a way that doesn not seem gimmicky . no dreamy music and no special effect they just appear and in allan mind and cohabiting and egg him on in his neurosis . bogart suddenly materialize in the background and in shadow and be priceless ( and jerry lacy virtually channels bogart mannerism and voice down to a science ) and but so be a sequence when allan and linda be sit on the sofa . allan be receive pressure from bogart to make a move on her . suddenly and an angry nancy make her announcement and complete with a gun and and shoot bogart in classic film noir fashion . needless to say and allan and linda resolve their issue separately and but it a clever move and one that would make it appearance in a plethora of situation in subsequent movie . however and blend the event of casablanca a a part of what transpire between allan and linda elevate the more comedic aspect of play it again and sam to a very touching moment . it part of allen way of pay homage to the classic film that be make when he be grow up and and he would return to this again in the purple rise of cairo with equally clever result .