Play It Again, Sam is a 1972 film written by and starring Woody Allen, based on his Broadway play. The film was directed by Herbert Ross, which is unusual, as Allen usually directs all his own written work. The film is about a man obsessed with the movie "Casablanca" and the character of Rick, played by Humphrey Bogart. The film is liberally spread with clips from the movie and ghost-like appearances of Rick giving advice on how to treat women. The film is set in San Francisco but most scenes are indoors. The film starts with the closing scenes of Casablanca, with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid... Bergman. We then see that it is the main character, Allan Felix, who is watching the film in a cinema, mouth agape. He leaves the cinema regretting that he will never be like Rick. Apart from apparitions of Bogart he also has frequent flashbacks of conversations with his ex-wife, who constantly belittled his sexual adequacy. The original play and the movie follow the same lines: Allan Felix has just been through a messy divorce.
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| Release date: | May 4, 1972 |
| Directed by: | Herbert Ross |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 85 Minutes |
| Producer: | Arthur P. Jacobs |
| Screenplay by: | Woody Allen |
| Genre: | Comedy |