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    relationships that explores the interaction of past and present, and the rise and fall of Alvy Singer's (Woody Allen) own challenging, ambivalent New York romance with his opposite - an equally-insecure, shy, flighty Midwestern WASP female: Annie Hall. (Diane Keaton) The major theme of the film is that there are severe limitations in life (death and loss are the two most prevalent), but that art forms (such as the printed word, films, and plays) have the power to reshape reality and

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    Location as identity, the absurdity and necessity of love, as well as individual perception of one’s past are all recognized as complex ideas portrayed throughout the nonlinear storyline of the 1977 film, Annie Hall. New York city is Alvy Singer, while Los Angeles is Annie Hall. Woody Allen identifies the main characters with their geographical locations throughout the film. Native to the city, Alvy is a pessimistic, neurotic, death-obsessed, socially cold, yet highly intellectual, Jewish comedian

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    targeting the female audience, as Radner observes, are combining two major disabilities as impediments to love: masculinity and advancing age. Meyer based her film Something’s Gotta Give on her own experience as a singleton in her fifties, making Diane Keaton an even bigger star persona who won a Golden Globe, an NBR Award and also a Golden Satellite Award for her role in the film, as Erica. Keaton’s character Erica Barry is thin and fit with a natural look and mid-length hair. When she appears in her

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    Something 's Got Ta Give

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    opinion. Ebert made sure readers were aware of the award winning cast featuring Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Amanda Pete and Frances McDormand. Ebert observed while watching this film that he himself was moved by the characters. Toward the end of his informational bit Ebert makes an observation that there is a sexual mystery surrounding the situation between Erica played by Diane Keaton, Dr. Mercer played by Keanu Reeves and the notorious Harry played by Jack Nicholson. With plenty

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    In 1966, Woody Allen made his theatrical film debut with the quirky, What’s Up, Tiger Lily?. Woody Allen was the head writer as well as one of the directors; Senkichi Taniguchi being his partner. The two directors took the Japanese action film “International Secret Police: Key of Keys” and changed the plot to focus on a secret egg salad recipe instead (“What’s Up, Tiger Lily?”). They did this by re-dubbing the dialogue as well as rearranging some of the scenes. Experimental concept of the film alone

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    Annie Hall is a 1977 romantic comedy directed and co-written by Woody Allen. The film takes place in New York City and explores the relationship between Alvy Singer (Woody Allen), an intellectual, neurotic, forty-year-old comedian, and Annie Hall (Diane Keaton), a ditzy and insecure, aspiring nightclub singer. The movie centers around Alvy’s stream of consciousness as he looks back to figure out what went wrong with he and Annie’s relationship. Annie Hall received critical acclaim and won many awards

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    “Something’s Gotta Give”, where a swinger on the cusp of being a senior citizen with a taste for young women falls in love with an accomplished woman closer to his age. Harry, the soon to be senior citizen is played by Jack Nicholas and Erica, played by Diane Keaton is an accomplished writer and the mother of Harry’s young companion. The movie makes you stop and think; what does age mean in the dating world today. In the world of dating many people ask, does age matter? The answer is yes and no; as many different

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    Jimmy Kimmel is a producer and writer known for Windy City Heat, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army and Jimmy Kimmel Live. Besides being a television host and a writer, he has many other talents such as being a comedian, voice actor, and musician. He attended Ed W. Clark High school, Arizona State University and the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. Jimmy began working in the radio industry while in high school. He hosted a Sunday night interview show on UNLV's college station. While attending Arizona

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    Assessment Plan Assessment Question In order to provide the best assessment for Diane, we as a team need to focus on our assessment question as follows: Who is Diane as a person, and what are her unmet needs in her daily life, especially in regards to her current mode of communication and her interactions with family/partners; additionally, are there any barriers currently halting progress? It is vital that Diane’s best interests are always on the foreground; her own priorities and her own desires

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    everything will be alright,” said Diane as she attempts to shush Sandra. “Trust. In. Leon.” “Trust in Leon. Okay.” repeated Sandra before turning around and cupping her hands around her mouth. “Remy, Diane says to trust in Leon.” “Haha. Yeah no fuck that. It was good seeing you Diane but we gotta go before we’re late to our next appointment.” Jeremy opens the door and swings his arm through the opening to welcome Sandra through the exit. Sandra waves goodbye to Diane before gently floating out of the

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