Talk:Manhattan (1979 film)

Censorship
"Removing opinions"? There is a huge debate over this film that's being censored. No trace of it anywhere in this entry. There's a whole section on opinions ("Critical response") that only has positive opinions. Wikipedia should not be a censored PR vehicle. Would you object if these current opinions were placed in the criticism section that currently only has older opinions? Your objection to current opinions is not that they are current but that they are negative. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wombatjpw (talk • contribs) 14:46, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

Someone has several times removed a reference to current views of the film. A Wikipedia entry is not a press release. Wombatjpw (talk) 01:31, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

In Popular Culture
This section is unsourced and a list so I've placed it here until it can be integrated into our sections or cited.--J.D. (talk) 20:03, 11 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Parodied on the Australian movie show The Bazura Project, Episode 1.09, as part of the episode's opening sequence.
 * In the Simpsons episode Rome-old and Julie-eh, during a montage establishing the romance between Grandpa and Selma, they're seen in an homage to the film's 59th St. Bridge money-shot, though it's quickly revealed they're really just on a bench looking at the film's poster.
 * Near the end of the pilot episode of Northern Exposure, Joel Fleischman asks Ed Chigliak how he knows so much about New York, Ed says it's from watching Manhattan, saying "I think Woody's a genius!".
 * The iconic bridge shot seen above was parodied in the second season opening intro for The Critic; in it Jay Sherman and Alice Tompkins are sitting on the bench as they watch the Brooklyn Bridge collapse into  the East River.

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Release dates
The article currently lists April 25, 1979 based on Box Office Mojo. However IMDb and this review both give March 14, 1979. Variety gives both dates. Does anyone have a definitive source?

In a related question, does anybody have a good source for when it was filmed? from the film itself I suspect summer/fall of 1978. —MJBurrage(T•C) 07:45, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Critical response
Why is there a [sic] in the final sentence? Paul Magnussen (talk) 16:40, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Like you, I don't know. You can either examine the history of this article and see whether they (there are 3 sic in that section and 1 more in "Filming"), were always part of those quotes or later inserted. I checked the 1 available online source, Village Voice, and there is no need for a sic. I suggest to remove all 4. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 12:02, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

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Requested move 12 July 2019

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: moved. There is a consensus for this requested move. (closed by non-admin page mover)  qedk ( t  桜  c ) 18:24, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

Manhattan (film) → Manhattan (1979 film) – Regardless the film is more popular than the 1924 film, WP:NCF applies. © Tb hotch ™ (en-2.5). 04:53, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Support per nomination. Uncontroversial technical request. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 05:40, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Not really. © Tb hotch ™ (en-2.5). 05:42, 12 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Support per nom and WP:NCF.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 06:21, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Support per above. There is no "primary" for a disambiguated name. --Gonnym (talk) 06:49, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Support per above, partial disambiguation. PC78 (talk) 20:28, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Support per nomination. Uncontroversial technical request In ictu oculi (talk) 09:45, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose for the same reasons as last time. When the notability gap is titanic, having a "primary" film is fine.  SnowFire (talk) 14:52, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Seems to sum up my thoughts. Steel1943  (talk) 19:45, 13 July 2019 (UTC)


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Production section: reference to Allen's relationship with Stacy Nelkin
I deleted the referece to Allen's relationship with Stacy Nelkin, as neither of the given sources support the information given. The NYT opinion piece (written by Allen himself) in fact out-right contradicts the way it is presented in the article.

" Last week a woman named Stacey Nelkin, whom I had dated many years ago, came forward to the press to tell them that when Mia and I first had our custody battle 21 years ago, Mia had wanted her to testify that she had been underage when I was dating her, despite the fact this was untrue. Stacey refused."

This may be the first time that Allen has publicly commented on the relationship, but the tone of the article in relaying this information is far from neutral. It seems to imply duplicity on Allens part in not "acknowledging" the relationship until 2014, when the opinion piece was published.

The other source used to support this, a link to the Howard Stern show website, does not direct the user to a specific episode or article, only to the episode listings. Searching for either name does not bring up any related infromation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Utterscoundrel (talk • contribs) 15:36, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Controversy regarding age gap/dating an underaged peroa
definitely needs to be addressed in the "reception" section. A 42-year-old man dating a 17-year-old girl hasn't aged well (is, and always has been, predatory) JointCompound (talk) 18:18, 27 January 2022 (UTC)