Stardust Memories (1980)
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 24
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 7
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Average Rating: 4.1/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 4
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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
Sep 26, 1980 Wide
Jul 5, 2000
United Artists
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Cast
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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 -
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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
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All Critics (24) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (8) | DVD (6)
Though there are laughs along the way, this is a truly mean-spirited picture.
With its blunt, artless angst, the picture leaves you feeling depleted, squashed.
One long cry of anguish about the price of fame comes perilously close to self-pity. And self-abuse.
Top CriticIt'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.
Invokes the mood of an early Fellini film as it swirls through the troubled recollections of a film director, played by Mr. Allen.
Woody Allen pays tribute to Fellini's seminal 81/2 in this stylized, self-reflexive, often irritating feature.
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.
A disappointing outing, despite its many laughs and inside jokes.
Woody at his most autobiographical.
An overlooked Woody Allen gem
Stardust Memories is a somber meditation on the celebrity syndrome.
Woody Allen does Fellini -- and the result is one of his best films.
Woody Allen rips off 8 1/2, and the results are often funny and visually intriguing.
Woody the pretentious; has some moments, but overall it's too self-conscious.
Audience Reviews for Stardust Memories
Super Reviewer
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 of his. I found it unlikable in a lost every way. This is odd because it is Allen paying his respects to Fellini and one of my favorite movies, 8 1/2. But just because you use Fellini type images and elements of plot from 8 1/2, doesn't mean you are making a worthwhile movie. This is just a bore of a film and probably Allen's most annoying.
Sandy Bates is a talented director. He makes funny movies and when he decides to change direction and start making more serious pictures, he gets pressure from studio heads to stick to the comedy. While he stays at the Stardust Hotel, while attending a festival of his films, he has memories of the past and his loves. Along the way, we see him spend a great majority of his time fighting fans off who want to go him movie ideas and who want to shower him with praise for being such an intelligent filmmaker.
This whole experience got tedious after the first twenty minutes and became the most disappointing of any Woody Allen film I have ever seen. It isn't a movie I would ever recommend, but obviously people do like it, so I might just be crazy. I'll stick to Hannah and Her Sisters and Match Point; you can have this garbage.
Super Reviewer
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- Sandy Bates: To you I'm an atheist. To God, I'm the loyal opposition.
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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.
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