About
The 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
Woody Allen
Joe, the Narrator
Mia Farrow
Sally White
Jeff Daniels
Biff Baxter
Larry David
Communist Neighbor
Todd Field
Crooner
Seth Green
Joe
Michael Tucker
Father
Julie Kavner
Mother
Danny Aiello
Rocco
Keywords
world war ii radio independent film beach working class nostalgia 1930s taxi driver binoculars 1940s coney island cigarette girl radio plays
Photos
Lists
#304 on Empire's 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time Empire
Awards
Oscar nomination for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Woody Allen
Oscar nomination for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Leslie Bloom