Shadows and Fog

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Cast

Woody Allen
as Kleinman

Mia Farrow
as Irmy

John Malkovich
as Clown

Madonna
as Marie

Donald Pleasence
as Doctor

Jodie Foster
as Prostitute

Lily Tomlin
as Prostitute

Kathy Bates
as Prostitute

John Cusack
as Student Jack

Fred Gwynne
as Hacker's Follower

Julie Kavner
as Alma

Kenneth Mars
as Magician

Kate Nelligan
as Eve

Philip Bosco
as Mr. Paulsen

Robert Joy
as Spiro's Assistant

Wallace Shawn
as Simon Carr

Kurtwood Smith
as Vogel's Follower

Josef Sommer
as Priest

David Ogden Stiers
as Hacker

Eszter Balint
as Woman with Baby

Rebecca McRobbie
as Baby

Michael Kirby
as Killer

David Strathairn

James Rebhorn
as Vigilante

Victor Argo
as Vigilante

Juliet Taylor

Daniel von Bargen
as Vigilante

Camille Saviola
as Landlady

Tim Loomis
as Dwarf

Katy Dierlam
as Fat Lady

Dennis Vestunis
as Strongman

Anne Lange
as Prostitute

Andrew Mark Berman
as Student

Paul Anthony Stewart
as Student

Thomas Bolster
as Student

Fred Melamed
as Undesirables Onlooker

Greg Stebner
as Police Chief

Peter Appel
as Cop at Police Station

John C. Reilly
as Cop at Police Station

Brian Smiar
as Cop at Police Station

Michael P. Troy
as Cop at Police Station

Remak Ramsay
as Cop at Police Station

Ron Turek
as Cop at Police Station

Peter McRobbie
as Bartender

Ira Wheeler
as Cop with Priest

Rebecca Gibson
as Baby

Robert Silver
as Hacker's Follower

Charles Cragin
as Spiro

William H. Macy
as Cop with Spiro

Tom Riis Farrell
as Vigilante with Spiro

Ron Weyand
as Vigilante with Spiro

Richard Riehle
as Roustabout

Max Robinson
as Roustabout

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Critic Reviews for Shadows and Fog

Audience Reviews for Shadows and Fog

• Feb 25, 2012

  Shadows and Fog, Woody's love letter to German Expressionism, boasts some cleverly detailed mise-en-scenes and 20s inspired shot scales, but it's little more than a replication.
  Jonathan H Super Reviewer
• Dec 15, 2011

  I can see why "Shadows and Fog" was met with such mixed reaction. There's not much of a plot and the final twenty or so minutes are completely preposterous. But that's not saying that I didn't find it interesting. The black-and-white cinematography is marvelous, the numerous celebrity cameos are a treat, and Woody Allen's comedic performance is splendidly funny. Plus, there are several moments of truth, with topics ranging from religion to existentialism to family values. "Shadows and Fog" is not necessarily a "good" film, but it's very enjoyable.
  Stephen E Super Reviewer
• Aug 06, 2011

  This is not one of Woody Allen's best film. I was distracted by the story and of Allen who plays a nervous clerk sent out by his vigilante friends to keep a look out for a serial killer. Then the story involves a couple who works at a circus, they break apart because the husband is caught of adultury, so the wife (Mia Farrow) runs away and meets a prostitute (Lily Tomlin) who offers her to stay for the night but is offered $700 by a clientele (John Cusack). Then the Farrow character gets busted by the cops and is ordered to pay a fine and finally meets Allen's character to find the lurking serial killer. The slapstick humour was so plain and wasteful I wasn't really laughing because I thought to myself and said "Haven't I've seen this suff before?" Towards the end of the film I didn't care if Allen and his cast found the killer or not because the movie already dived and bombed. There is an excellent all star cast and a tremendous black and white look reminiscent to the films of German Expressionism and film noir, but imo it is better to rent or watch those films on DVD/TCM. If one is going to pay homage, might as well make it compelling and moving like "The Artist". "Shadows And Fog" is not a success.
  Brian R Super Reviewer
• Oct 02, 2010

  A truly usual and offbeat film by Woody Allen that is very original and extremely entertaining. About a homicidal strangler on a killing spree, that has terrorizes a fog shrouded unnamed city, and a nebbish little man named Klienman, played to perfection by Woody Allen who agrees to help his neighbors who have formed a vigiliante group, to capture the roaming madman that only strikes at night. Astute direction by Woody Allen in what must surely be one of his must underrated films, which can best be described as a Kafkaesque -like nightmare with a mixture of dark humor, lt has magnificent black & white cinematography by Carlo Di Palma and a terrific production design by Santo Loquasto, the film is also blessed with a tremendous all-star cast in wonderfully acted roles which includes Mia Farrow, John Malkovitch, Kathy Bates, Madonna, Lily Tomlin, Donald Pleasence, Jodie Foster, John Cusack, Kate Nelligan, Fred Gwynne, julie Kavner, William H. Macy, John C. Reily, Victor Argo, David Ogden Stiers, David Strathairn, and Josef Sommer. A brilliant and vastly overlooked film that is a affectionate homage to the great film noir movies of the 1940s. Highly Recommendation.
  Danny R Super Reviewer

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