Hollywood Ending is a 2002 American film written and directed by Woody Allen, who also plays the principal character. It tells the story of a once-famous film director who suffers hysterical blindness due to the intense pressure of directing. Val Waxman is a one-time prestigious film director lately reduced to overseeing cheesy television commercials in order to pay his bills and support his current live-in girlfriend . When he is thrown off his latest effort , he desperately seeks a real movie project. Out of the blue, Val receives an offer to direct a big-budget blockbuster movie to be set... in New York City. However, the offer comes from his former wife and her current boyfriend , the studio head who stole Val's wife from him. Pushed by his agent , Val agrees to the project, but a psychosomatic ailment strikes him blind just before production is to begin. The movie plays out with an aging director struggling to regain his vision, both metaphorically and literally.
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| Release date: | May 3, 2002 |
| Directed by: | Woody Allen |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 112 Minutes |
| Producer: | Letty Aronson |
| Editor: | Alisa Lepselter |
| Cinematography: | Wedigo von Schultzendorff |
| Screenplay by: | Woody Allen |
| Estimated budget: | $16,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |