Directed by:
Woody AllenScreenplay:
Woody AllenCinematography:
Vilmos ZsigmondCast:
Will Ferrell, Neil Pepe, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Radha Mitchell, Chloƫ Sevigny, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin, Jonny Lee Miller, Wallace Shawn, Larry Pine (more)Plots(1)
Over a meal in a Chinese restaurant, Sy poses a conundrum to his fellow diners: Is the essence of life comic or tragic? For the sake of argument, he tells a story, which the others then embellish to illustrate their takes on life. The story starts as follows: A young Manhattan couple, Park Avenue princess Laurel and tippling actor Lee, throw a dinner party to impress Lee's would-be producer when their long-lost friend Melinda appears at their front door, bedraggled and woebegone. In the tragic version of what happens next, the beautiful intruder is a disturbed woman who got bored with her Midwestern doctor-husband and dumped him for a photographer. Her husband took the children away and she spiraled into a suicidal depression that landed her straight-jacketed in a mental ward. In the comic version, Melinda is childless and a downstairs neighbor to the dinner hosts, who are ambitious indie filmmaker Susan and under-employed actor Hobie. Back and forth the stories go, contrasting the destinies of the two Melindas. (20th Century Fox UK)
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Melinda and Melinda
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Milan Records
Year: 2005
1. | "Take the 'A' Train" - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | ||
2. | "The Best Things In Life Are Free" - Erroll Garner | ||
3. | "Somebody Stole My Gal" - Erroll Garner | ||
4. | "I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart" - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | ||
5. | "Medley - Memoris of You / Moonglow / No Moon At All / Darn That Dream" - Dick Hyman | ||
6. | "Concerto in D for String Orchestra: 2. Arioso: Andantino (Stravinsky)" - English Chamber Orchestra | ||
7. | "String Quartet No. 4 (Bartok)" - The Shanghai Quartet | ||
8. | "Prelude 2 Well Tempered Clavier (Bach)" - Dick Hyman | ||
9. | "Love Me" - Dick Hyman | ||
10. | "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" - Dick Hyman | ||
11. | "In A Mellow Tone" - Duke Ellington | ||
12. | "Will You Still Be Mine?" - Erroll Garner |