Home Forums Blogs Articles Photos Videos Contact FAQ

Bullets Over Broadway

Bullets Over Broadway: Encyclopedia - Bullets Over Broadway

Bullets Over Broadway is a 1994 film directed by Woody Allen. It starred John Cusack as an idealistic young playwright newly arrived on Broadway. In order to gain financing for his play, God of Our Fathers, his character, David Shayne, agrees to hire Olive Neal, played by Jennifer Tilly, the actress/girlfriend of a gangster. She is demanding and talentless, but her gangster escort turns out ot be a genius, who constantly comes up with excellent ideas for revising the play. The film follows the various adaptations of the play and co-stars performa ...

Bullets Over Broadway: Encyclopedia - Bullets Over Broadway

Bullets Over Broadway

Bullets Over Broadway is a 1994 film directed by Woody Allen. It starred John Cusack as an idealistic young playwright newly arrived on Broadway. In order to gain financing for his play, God of Our Fathers, his character, David Shayne, agrees to hire Olive Neal, played by Jennifer Tilly, the actress/girlfriend of a gangster. She is demanding and talentless, but her gangster escort turns out ot be a genius, who constantly comes up with excellent ideas for revising the play. The film follows the various adaptations of the play and co-stars performances from Dianne Wiest, Chazz Palminteri, and Jim Broadbent.

The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Allen and co-writer Douglas McGrath for original screenplay, Allen for director and Tilly and Palminteri for Supporting Actress and Actor respectively. Wiest won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.