Manhattan (1979 movie)

Manhattan is a 1979 romantic comedy film which tells about a divorced forty-something whose ex-wife is writing a tell-all book about their relationship. He is having an affair with a high school girl, and falls for his best friend's girlfriend. It stars Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy[?], Mariel Hemingway[?], Meryl Streep and Anne Byrne[?].

The movie was written by Allen and Marshall Brickman[?], and directed by Allen. Allen insisted that this movie be shown in its proper aspect ratio when it was released on video. As a result, all copies of the movie on video are letterboxed.

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Mariel Hemingway) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. The film is consistently on the Internet Movie Database's list of top 250 films and was #46 on American Film Institute's 100 Years, 100 Laughs. In 2001 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.