Stars: Woody Allen, Demi Moore, Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Elisabeth Shue, Kirstie Alley, Bob Balaban, Richard Benjamin, Eric Bogosian, Judy Davis, Mariel Hemingway, Amy Irving, Julie Kavner, Stanley Tucci, Caroline Aaron, Tobey Maguire, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Eric Lloyd, Amy Irving, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Julie Kavner, Henry Goodman, Henry Goodman, Hazelle Goodman

Director: Woody Allen

Summary: The story of a neurotic writer whose life is governed by the urges of the two loves in his life - writing and women.

Upon returning in glory to the college from which he was expelled, sexually voracious and dyspeptic writer Harry Block can find no companions for his trip--except, that is, for a hooker he's hired. The trouble with Harry, as it were, is that he's alienated everyone in his life, from a string of wives and psychotherapists to all his living relatives, by rehashing their dirty little secrets in his fatuous, mean-spirited writing. A new height of self-loathing for introspective auteur Allen, who meditates upon a self-reflection theme based on Bergman's WILD STRAWBERRIES.

WIN DVDs by rating this DVD

Average User Rating:

WIN DVDS by being amongst the first to review this DVD. Reviewing DVDs earns you bonus entries and lets you WIN DVDs!Please login before reviewing this DVD. If you're a new user, register for free and enter to WIN FREE DVDs!

Woody Allen roared back at his detractors with Deconstructing Harry, a bitterly funny treatise about the creative process. Known to mine his often tumultuous personal life for his movies, the embattled writer-director-star didn't bother to make his alter ego likable in this movie: Harry Block (Allen) pops pills, frequents prostitutes and cheats on the women in his life, then writes about their foibles in thinly disguised fiction. No wonder they're all furious with him. As Harry journeys to his alma materwith a hooker, ill pal and kidnapped son, a series of flashbacks unravel, juxtaposing Harry's relationships with their "slightly exaggerated" fictional counterparts. There are amusing cameos throughout, including a humorous turn by Demi Moore as a fictitious ex-wife who "became Jewish with a vengeance" and Billy Crystal as the devil who found Hollywood too nasty for his liking. The humour is dark and caustic but well worth it; Deconstructing Harryis a near-brilliant meditation on the sometimes queasy relationship between art, creator and critic.--Diane Garrett

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Scene Access
Year:	1997
Release Date:	June 15, 2006
Runtime:	92 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	B E D 888432
Keywords:	Comedy, General, Harry, Deconstructing
Genre:	Comedy