Play It Again, Sam (1972)

Directed by

Herbert Ross

Genre

parody film, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 652 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A recently divorced film critic is pushed by his married friends to start dating again. He imagines Humphrey Bogart giving him advice on how to act around women.

whimsicalself-deprecatinglightheartedwryromanticcomedicnostalgicnerdy

What happens

Play It Again, Sam is a 1972 American comedy film written by and starring Woody Allen, based on his 1969 Broadway play of the same title. The film was directed by Herbert Ross, instead of Allen, who usually directs his own written work. The film is about a recently divorced film critic, Allan Felix, who is urged to begin dating again by his best friend and his best friend's wife. Allan identifies with the 1942 film Casablanca and the character Rick Blaine as played by Humphrey Bogart. The film contains clips from the movie and ghost-like appearances of Bogart (Jerry Lacy) giving advice on how to treat women. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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