Taglines: In any relationship, one person always does the heavy lifting.
In medias res: narrator Jerry Falk, a fledgling comedy writer with an inept agent, is about to celebrate an anniversary with his girlfriend Amanda. There’s trouble in paradise: she’s late (and has already eaten), she’s been uninterested in sex for months, and her quixotic mother is moving in with them. Jerry looks back to meeting Amanda and dumping Brooke.
A constant is his friendship with another wannabe comedy writer, a 60 year old teacher named David, prone to long walks and advice filled talks. As Amanda and Jerry’s relationship founders and her mom’s noisy presence makes writing difficult for him, he and David plan something different. Wouldn’t anything else be better?
Anything Else is a romantic comedy film. The film was written and directed by Woody Allen, produced by his sister Letty Aronson, and stars Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci, Woody Allen, Stockard Channing, Danny DeVito, Jimmy Fallon, Erica Leerhsen and KaDee Strickland. Anything Else was the opening-night selection at the 60th annual Venice International Film Festival.
Directed by: Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Jason Biggs, Stockard Channing, Danny DeVito, Jimmy Fallon, Christina Ricci, KaDee Strickland, Diana Krall, Kenneth Edelson
Screenplay by: Woody Allen
Production Design by: Santo Loquasto
Cinematography by: Darius Khondji
Film Editing by: Alisa Lepselter
Costume Design by: Laura Jean Shannon
Set Decoration by: Regina Graves
MPAA Rating: R for a scene of drug use and some sexual references.
Studio: DreamWorks Pictures
Release Date: September 19, 2003
