Woody Allen?s second film as a director, co-writer and star takes parody to the extreme with a brilliant send-up of everything from relationships to dictatorships. An early example of what Allen called his ?slapdash? approach to comedy, Bananas' broad, fast humor and rapid-fire witticisms form a dazzling kaleidoscope of ?inspired ingenuity and comic artistry.? (Look Magazine).
When bumbling product-tester Fielding Mellish (Allen) is jilted by his girlfriend, Nancy (Louise Lasser), he heads to the tiny republic of San Marcos for a vacation...only to become kidnapped by rebels! Once the band of rebels seize power, their leader goes crazy, and they replace him with Mellish, thinking he can save the country. But when Mellish is nabbed by the FBI, he is put on trial for subversion and in a side-splitting courtroom showdown ? including the most hilarious self-cross examination ever ? Woody Allen proves beyond a doubt that he is not only our most gifted satirist...he?s a master comic artist.
Released:
Wed, 07/05/2000
Format Aspect Ratio:
1.85-Wide Screen
Resolution:
480x720 LowRez
Audio Format:
Dolby Digital
Actors:
Woody Allen - Fielding Mellish
Actors:
Louise Lasser - Nancy
Actors:
Carlos Montalban - General Emilio M. Vargas
Actors:
Natividad Abascal - Yolanda
Actors:
Jacobo Morales - Esposito
Actors:
Miguel Suarez - Luis
Actors:
David Ortiz - Sanchez
Actors:
Rene Enriquez - Diaz
Actors:
Jack Axelrod - Arroyo
Actors:
Howard Cosell - Himself
Actors:
Roger Grimsby - Himself
Actors:
Don Dunphy - Himself
Actors:
Charlotte Rae - Mrs. Mellish
Actors:
Stanley Ackerman - Dr. Mellish
Actors:
Dan Frazer - Priest
Actors:
Martha Greenhouse - Dr. Feigen
Actors:
Axel Anderson - Man Tortured
Actors:
Tigre Perez - Perez
Actors:
Baron De Beer - British Ambassador
Actors:
Arthur Hughes - Judge
Actors:
John Braden - Prosecutor
Actors:
Ted Chapman - Policeman
Actors:
Dorthi Fox - J. Edgar Hoover
Actors:
Dagne Crane - Sharon
Actors:
Nicholas Saunders - Douglas
Actors:
Conrad Bain - Semple
Actors:
Eulogio Peraza - The interpreter
Actors:
Norman Evans - Senator
Actors:
Robert O'Connel - FBI Man #1
Actors:
Robert Dudley - FBI Man #2
Actors:
Marilyn Hengst - Norma
Actors:
Ed Crowley - FBI Security
Actors:
Beeson Carroll - FBI Security
Actors:
Allen Garfield - Man on Cross
Actors:
Princess Fatosh - Snake Bite Lady
Actors:
Dick Callinan - Cigarette Commercial Man
Actors:
Hy Anzell - Patient in Operating Room
Actors:
Mary Jo Catlett - Woman in hotel lobby
Actors:
Danny DeVito - Man in Honeymoon Suite
Actors:
Sylvester Stallone - Subway Thug #1
