Woody Allen writes and directs this biographical study of fictional 1930s jazz guitarist and inveterate womaniser Emmet Ray (Sean Penn). Wandering the New Jersey seafront, Emmet meets mute laundress Hattie (Samantha Morton) and the two of them begin an affair. Together they travel to Hollywood and pursue brief screen careers, but Emmet's wandering eye makes the possibility of any lasting relationship unlikely, and before long he meets and falls for bohemian writer Blanche (Uma Thurman).
Director: Woody Allen
Producer: Jean Doumanian
Writer: Woody Allen
Music: Dick Hyman
Actor: Anthony LaPaglia
Actor: Sean Penn
Actor: Samantha Morton
Actor: Uma Thurman
Actor: Brian Markinson
Actor: Gretchen Mol
Actor: James Urbaniak
Actor: John Waters
Actor: Tony Darrow
Actor: Brad Garrett