Bullets Over Broadway is a 1994 crime-comedy film written by Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath and directed by Woody Allen. It stars an ensemble cast including John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Chazz Palminteri, and Jennifer Tilly. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Allen and co-writer Douglas McGrath for Original Screenplay, Allen for Director and Tilly and Palminteri for Supporting Actress and Actor respectively. Wiest won Best Supporting Actress for her performance. In February 2012 it was announced that Woody Allen was taking 'Bullets Over Broadway' to Broadway as a musical.... Allen, who co-wrote the film with Douglas McGrath, will pen the book himself. The score will feature existing period music. In 1928, David Shayne is an idealistic young playwright newly arrived on Broadway. In order to gain financing for his play, God of Our Fathers, he agrees to hire Olive Neal , the actress/girlfriend of a gangster. She is demanding and talentless, but her gangster escort Cheech turns out to be a genius, who constantly comes up with excellent ideas for revising the play.
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| Release date: | October 14, 1994 |
| Directed by: | Woody Allen |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 98 Minutes |
| Producer: | Robert Greenhut, Charles H Joffe, Steve Rollins, Jack Rollins, Letty Aronson, Jacob Safra, Jean Doumanian |
| Editor: | Susan E. Morse |
| Cinematography: | Carlo Di Palma |
| Screenplay by: | Woody Allen, Douglas McGrath |
| Estimated budget: | $20,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |