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7.1The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.
Cast
- Danny Aiello as Rocco
- Jeff Daniels as Biff Baxter
- Mia Farrow as Sally White
- Seth Green as Joe
- Robert Joy as Fred
- Julie Kavner as Mother
Themes
- beach
- world war ii
- musical
- nostalgia
- coming of age
- coney island
- working class
- binoculars
- 1940s
- 1930s
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
38,211 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Metacritic
74/100
- Year
- 1987
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 3 wins & 10 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Woody Allen
- Written by
- Woody Allen
- Produced by
- Robert Greenhut
- Starring
- Mia Farrow Dianne Wiest Julie Kavner Michael Tucker Wallace Shawn Seth Green
- Cinematography
- Carlo Di Palma
- Edited by
- Susan E. Morse
- Music by
- Dick Hyman
- Distributed by
- Orion Pictures
- Release date
- January 30, 1987 ( 1987-01-30 )
- Running time
- 85 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $16 million
- Box office
- $14.8 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Radio Days is a 1987 American semi-autobiographical comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. It is a nostalgic look at the golden age of radio during the late 1930s and 1940s, focusing on a working-class family living in Rockaway Beach, New York. The film weaves together vignettes, blending the lives of the family members with the radio programs they listen to daily. It has an ensemble cast.
Plot
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