Il prestanome

Titolo originale: The Front
Regia: Martin Ritt |
Anno: 1976
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Commedia Dramma
Tag: friendship | fight | politics | movie business | screenwriter | mccarthy era | front | writer | communism | mccarthyism | 1950s |
Cast: Woody Allen | Zero Mostel | Herschel Bernardi | Michael Murphy | Andrea Marcovicci | Remak Ramsay | Marvin Lichterman | Lloyd Gough | David Margulies | Joshua Shelley | Norman Rose | Charles Kimbrough | Josef Sommer | Danny Aiello | Georgann Johnson | Scott McKay | David Clarke | I.W. Klein | John Bentley | Julie Garfield | Murray Moston | MacIntyre Dixon | Rudolph Willrich | Burt Britton | Albert M. Ottenheimer | William Bogert | Joey Faye | Marilyn Sokol | John J. Slater | Renee Paris | Gino Gennaro | Joan Porter | Andrew Bernstein | Jacob Bernstein | Matthew Tobin | Marilyn Persky | Sam McMurray | Joe Jamrog | Michael Miller | Lucy Lee Flippin | Jack Davidson | Donald Symington | Pat McNamara | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Mamie Eisenhower | Douglas MacArthur | Harry S. Truman | Billie Perkins | Frankie Verroca | Carson Grant | Harrison Ressler |

Uno sceneggiatore televisivo viene messo all'indice a causa della "caccia alle streghe" anticomunista promossa dal senatore McCarthy. Per continuare a scrivere, chiede a Howard Prince (Allen), modesto cassiere di bar, scommettitore e bookmaker, di fargli da prestanome. Costui diventa ricco e celebre per procura, offrendosi allo stesso modo anche ad altre vittime del maccartismo.

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The film's closing credits state the names of the six cast and crew who were on the Hollywood Blackl [...] D
Woody Allen starred in this film between writing, acting, and directing two of his own films, Amore [...] D
According to director Martin Ritt, who said of the McCarthy-era black-listing: "They [the House Un-A [...] D
Woody Allen once said of this film: "From the beginning, I had enormous reservations about doing a f [...] D
This was Woody Allen's last starring role in a film that he did not write and direct until Storie di [...] D
Actors Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, who around this time headlined Tutti gli uomini del presid [...] D
According to the "Every Woody Allen Movie" website, the later 2009 Woody Allen film Basta che funzio [...] D
In addition to both having been blacklisted, actors Zero Mostel (Hecky Brown) and Herschel Bernardi [...] D
First of around twenty-five film collaborations between Woody Allen and producer Robert Greenhut, wh [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top 100 F [...] D
The writers in the deli, according to screenwriter Walter Bernstein, were a composite of himself, Ab [...] D
Film debut of Sam McMurray. D
Several people involved in this film were themselves on the McCarthy-era blacklists that it is about [...] D
Though this movie was not a regular Woody Allen production, since Allen is only a hired actor, the p [...] D
This movie was certified AA (persons under 14 years not admitted) when first released theatrically i [...] D
Final on-screen appearance of actor-comedian Zero Mostel in a theatrical feature film though Mostel [...] D
Though cast with two comedians, this picture is not a comedy, according to director Martin Ritt, who [...] D
Star Billing: Woody Allen (1st), Zero Mostel (2nd), Herschel Bernardi (3rd), Michael Murphy (4th) an [...] D
The name of the right-wing organization was "Freedom Information Services". D
Zero Mostel's character, Herschel Brown, had the same first name as his costar, Herschel Bernardi, w [...] D
The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was abolished in 1975. This dramatic picture was m [...] D
The scene of Woody Allen as Howard Prince meeting Hecky Brown is almost identical to the description [...] D
The film's director Martin Ritt once said of working with actor Zero Mostel whose character was base [...] D
An episode of animated TV series I Simpson (1989) was named after this movie [See: I Simpson: The Fr [...] D
Debut cinema movie of actress Andrea Marcovicci, who played script editor Florence Barrett. Marcovic [...] D
Director Martin Ritt once said of this film, "Audiences go in expecting a Woody Allen comedy and com [...] D
The film opens with a selection of black-and-white film clips from the early 1950s. These include, a [...] D
The scene where Hecky Brown commits suicide is based on the real suicide of blacklisted actor Philip [...] D
Some movie posters for this film featured a long text preamble that read: "What if there were a list [...] D
The character of Hecky Brown portrayed by Zero Mostel was loosely based on actor Philip Loeb who was [...] D
In the story's initial scene, as Howard Prince (Woody Allen) is leaving his cash register duties to [...] D
This was Woody Allen's first straight dramatic role. D
This picture, a dramatic film, featured two comedians, Zero Mostel and Woody Allen, cast in two of t [...] D
The film begins and ends with a recording of Frank Sinatra singing "Young at Heart". Sinatra's ex-wi [...] D
The film takes place in 1953. D
The movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the S [...] D
After Paris Blues (1961) and I cospiratori (1970), this was the third and final film that script-wri [...] D
Michael Murphy, Danny Aiello, and David Margulies all appeared in later Woody Allen films: Murphy in [...] D
The profane exit line uttered by Woody Allen as Howard Prince ranks as one the great movie exit line [...] D
Screenwriter Walter Bernstein slept on director Martin Ritt's couch during the McCarthy black-listin [...] D
The meaning and relevance of this film's title is that, during the McCarthy-era, writers who were ba [...] D
The nickname of Herschel Brown (Zero Mostel) was "Hecky". D
Final theatrical film of Herschel Bernardi. D

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