Manhattan (film) Manhattan (film) Manhattan is a 1979 American romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen and produced by Charles H. Joffe. The screenplay was written by Allen and Marshall Brickman. Allen co-stars as a twice-divorced 42-year-old comedy writer who dates a 17-year-old girl (Mariel Hemingway) but falls in love with his best friend's (Michael Murphy) mistress (Diane Keaton). Meryl Streep and Anne Byrne also star. "Manhattan" was filmed in black-and-white and 2.35:1 widescreen. The film features music composed by George Gershwin, including "Rhapsody in Blue", which inspired the idea behind the film. Allen described the film as a combination of his
Woody Allen sexual assault allegation In February 2018, Circle Theater in Grand Rapids, Michigan also cancelled their adaptation of "Bullets over Broadway". Those expressing support for Allen included Barbara Walters and Diane Keaton in 2014, as well as Javier Bardem, Alec Baldwin, and Keaton again in January 2018. Robert B. Weide, who made a documentary film on Allen, published his rebuttals to the Farrow allegations in an article "The Woody Allen Allegations: Not So Fast". Cherry Jones, addressing the topic, said, "There are those who are comfortable in their certainty. I am not. I don't know the truth ... When we condemn by instinct our