Purple Rose of Cairo

Buy This Item Purple Rose of Cairo by Lions Gate/Vestron  Available from Amazon  $14.98  on 11-16-2008     One of the high points of Woody Allen's career. Cecilia (Mia Farrow), a depression-era waitress married to a brutish husband (Danny Aiello), finds her only escape at the movies, her current favorite being a light comedy about an explorer among socialites, called <I>The Purple Rose of Cairo</I>. She sees it so many times that the main character, Tom Baxter (Jeff Daniels), falls in love with her and steps off the screen to woo her. When news of this gets back to the movie studio, the producers send the actor who played Baxter (also Daniels) to convince Baxter to get back on the screen. The script is one of Allen's funniest, but underlying the whole story is a current of sadness that gives the movie's ending a surprising impact. Allen himself considers <I>The Purple Rose of Cairo</I> to be his personal favorite of his own films. A gem. <I>--Bret Fetzer</I> Reader Reviews The original movie is very good. Unfortunately, MGM cares so little for consumers that they didn't provide any extras and left me with tape residue that made the box too sticky to put on the shelf.

Purple Rose of Cairo Available from Amazon Price: $14.98 Updated on 11-16-2008.

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