Story of movie Don%27t Drink The Water 1994 Film : Don't Drink the Water is a 1994 American made-for-television comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen, based on a play that premiered on Broadway in 1966. This is the second filmed version of the play, after a 1969 theatrical version starring Jackie Gleason left Allen dissatisfied.
| Don't Drink the Water | |
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| Directed by | Woody Allen |
| Produced by | Robert Greenhut Jean Doumanian Letty Aronson |
| Written by | Woody Allen |
| Starring | Woody Allen Mayim Bialik Michael J. Fox Dom DeLuise Julie Kavner Edward Herrmann |
| Narrated by | Ed Herlihy |
| Cinematography | Carlo Di Palma |
| Edited by | Susan E. Morse |
| Distributed by | ABC |
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Running time | 92 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The story revolves around a family of American tourists (played by Allen, Julie Kavner, and Mayim Bialik) that gets trapped behind the Iron Curtain. Michael J. Fox plays the American ambassador's son.
This is the second time Allen wrote and performed in a movie made for television (Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story was filmed in 1971 but was never broadcast). The film was not well-received by critics.
Screenplay
- Woody Allen as Walter Hollander
- Mayim Bialik as Susan Hollander
- Michael J. Fox as Axel Magee
- Dom DeLuise as Father Drobney
- Julie Kavner as Marion Hollander
- Josef Sommer as Ambassador Magee
- Edward Herrmann as Mr. Kilroy
- Robert Stanton as Mr. Burns
- Rosemary Murphy as Miss Pritchard
- Austin Pendleton as Chef Oscar
- Vit Horejs as Krojak
Don't Drink the Water has a 44% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. In 2016 film critics Robbie Collin and Tim Robey ranked it as one of the worst movies by Woody Allen.
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