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Radio Days (1987)

Radio Days poster
Directed by
Woody Allen
Genre
comedy drama, romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 659 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man remembers his childhood in 1940s Rockaway Beach, where his working-class family listens to radio shows. The film mixes scenes of their daily lives with the programs and performers they hear.

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What happens

Radio Days is a 1987 American semi-autobiographical comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. It is a nostalgic look at the golden age of radio during the late 1930s and 1940s, focusing on a working-class family living in Rockaway Beach, New York. The film weaves together vignettes, blending the lives of the family members with the radio programs they listen to daily. It has an ensemble cast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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