Annie Hall to the camera, or launch into inspired monologues like Annie's free-association as she describes her family to Alvy. This speech by Diane Keaton is as close to perfect as such a speech can likely be ... all done in one take of brilliant brinksmanship." He cites a study that calculated the average shot length of "Annie Hall" to be 14.5 seconds, while other films made in 1977 had an average shot length of 4–7 seconds. Peter Cowie suggests that "Allen breaks up his extended shots with more orthodox cutting back and forth in conversation pieces, so that the forward momentum
Annie Hall Cudlip in Tatters" (1872), "He Cometh Not, She Said" (1873) and "Allerton Towers" (1882). Annie Hall Cudlip was born Annie Hall Thomas in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, on 25 October 1838, the only daughter of George Thomas, a respected gentleman officer from County Cork, was a lieutenant in the British Royal Navy, who commanded the local Coastguard station. He was the nephew and protégé of Sir Jerry Coghlan. Her mother was the daughter of Captain Alexander Mackey, a Royal Navy cadet of the house of Lord Reay, of Reay Forest. Her family moved to Morston in Norfolk, where her father served until the