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Stardust Memories (1980)

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Woody Allen's tenth film as writer/director, Stardust Memories opens with a scene reminiscent of the opening of 8 1/2 and continues to use that film for inspiration. Sandy Bates (Allen) sits in a train at a train station, the car filled with very unhappy looking people. In a train on another set of tracks, Bates sees a wonderful party going on. A beautiful woman blows him a kiss as the happy train pulls out of the station. Bates is a famous film director who has been invited to attend a festival

PG, 1 hr. 28 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Woody Allen

Written By: Woody Allen

In Theaters: Sep 26, 1980 Wide

On DVD: Jul 5, 2000

United Artists

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Cast

Woody Allen
Sandy Bates
Charlotte Rampling
Dorrie
Marie-Christine Barrault
Isobel
Jessica Harper
Daisy
Amy Wright
Shelley
John Rothman
Jack Abel
Tony Roberts
Tony
Helen Hanft
Vivian Orkin
Daniel Stern
Actor
Anne De Salvo
Sandy's Sister
Stanley Ackerman
Reporter at Screening
Tony Azito
Fan in Lobby
Gabriel Barre
UFO follower
Roy Brocksmith
Dick Lobel
Ken Chapin
Sandy's Father
Leo Cimino
Sandy's Analyst
Judith Cohen
Friend of Sandy's Siste...
Judith Crist
Critic
E. Brian Dean
Police Sergeant Arresti...
Laura Delano
Fan in Lobby
Derwin Jordan
Fan in Lobby
John Doumanian
Armenian Fan
Daniel Friedman
UFO follower
Cynthia Gibb
Michael Goldstein
Question Askers at Scre...
Bonnie Hellman
Fan Outside Hotel
Deborah Johnson
Fan in Lobby
Irwin Keyes
Fan Outside Hotel
Howard Kissel
Sandy's Manager
Louise Lasser
Sandy's Secretary
Philip Lenkowsky
Autograph Seeker/Assass...
Renee Lippin
Sandy's Press Agent
Bob Maroff
Jerry Abraham
Irving Metzman
Sandy's Lawyer
Bert Michaels
Fan in Lobby
Eli Mintz
Old Man
Joan Neuman
Sandy's Mother
Frances Pole
Libby
Ann Risley
UFO follower
Jaqui Safra
Sam
Martha Sherrill
UFO follower
Armin Shimerman
Eulogy Audience
Maurice Shrog
Fan in Lobby
Brent Spiner
Fan in Lobby
Sharon Stone
Pretty Girl on train
Victor Truro
Hostility Psychoanalyst
Largo Woodruff
UFO follower
Annie Korzen
Woman in Ice Cream Parl...
David Lipman
George
Kenny Vance
New Studio Executive
Sol Lomita
Sandy's Accountant
Wade Barnes
UFO follower
Sylvia Davis
Hostility Victim
Lisa Friedman
Fan in Lobby
Edward S. Kotkin
Fan in Lobby
Paula Raflo
Fan in Lobby
Benjamin Rayson
Dr. Paul Perlstein
Leslie L. Smith
Autograph Seeker on Boa...
Dimitri Vassilopoulos
Cabaret Patron
Victoria Zussin
Mrs. Payson
Jack Rollins
Studio Executive
Gustave Tassell
Cabaret Patron
Jack Hollander
Cop Arresting Sandy
Barry Weiss
Dancer to 'Three Little...
Carl Don
Fan in Lobby
Judith Roberts
Singer of 'Three Little...
Andy Albeck
Studio Executive

Critic Reviews for Stardust Memories

All Critics (24) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (8) | DVD (6)

Though there are laughs along the way, this is a truly mean-spirited picture.

March 23, 2009 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

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With its blunt, artless angst, the picture leaves you feeling depleted, squashed.

March 23, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

It's the first Woody Allen film in which impotence has become the situation rather than the problem. This is a movie about a guy who has given up.

October 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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Invokes the mood of an early Fellini film as it swirls through the troubled recollections of a film director, played by Mr. Allen.

August 30, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

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Woody Allen pays tribute to Fellini's seminal 81/2 in this stylized, self-reflexive, often irritating feature.

April 27, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

Allen never seemed more indulgent, posturing, or physically repulsive -- and yet all the film's many strengths lie in its anatomisation of this nasty display.

March 23, 2009 Full Review Source: Film4

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Film4

A disappointing outing, despite its many laughs and inside jokes.

March 23, 2009 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

Woody at his most autobiographical.

January 27, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

One long cry of anguish about the price of fame comes perilously close to self-pity. And self-abuse.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

An overlooked Woody Allen gem

November 8, 2004 Comment

Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

Stardust Memories is a somber meditation on the celebrity syndrome.

January 29, 2004 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

Woody Allen does Fellini -- and the result is one of his best films.

June 16, 2003 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Woody Allen rips off 8 1/2, and the results are often funny and visually intriguing.

May 28, 2003 Comment

Dan Lybarger

Nitrate Online

Woody the pretentious; has some moments, but overall it's too self-conscious.

February 14, 2003 Comment

Bob Bloom

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

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Sandy Bates: You can't control life. It doesn't wind up perfectly. Only-only art you can control. Art and masturbation. Two areas in which I am an absolute expert.�Stardust Memories isn't a movie that jumps to mind when you think about Woody Allen. It is nowhere near his best and actually may be my least favorite film

December 19, 2011

Melvin White

Super Reviewer

Dear Mr. Allen,Your film is famous for it's quote "I don't want to make funny movies anymore. I look around and all I see is human suffering." And you're right, the world is filled with suffering, and that's exactly why you should make comedies. If I wanted to see human suffering I would turn on the news, read the

May 21, 2007

Ken Stachnik

Super Reviewer

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