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Radio Days
1987
· Movie
· 88 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Every rating
62–92
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 62, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 92.
See the most agreed on films →The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.
Details
- Director
- Woody Allen
- Writer
- Woody Allen
- Released
- 30 January 1987
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Spanish, Italian
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $16.0M
- Box office
- $14.8M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 8 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 10 →2 wins from 10 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1987 | Best Original Screenplay | Nominee | |
| Academy Awards 1987 | Best Art Direction | Nominee | |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1987 | Best Original Screenplay | Nominee | |
| British Academy Film Awards 1987 | Best Supporting Actress | Nominee | |
| British Academy Film Awards 1987 | Best Original Screenplay | Nominee | |
| British Academy Film Awards 1987 | Best Production Design | Winner | |
| British Academy Film Awards 1987 | Best Costume Design | Winner | |
| British Academy Film Awards 1987 | Best Editing | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Art Direction | Nominee | |
| Best Original Screenplay | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
7 nominations, 2 won
| Best Costume Design | Winner | |
| Best Production Design | Winner | |
| Best Editing | Nominee | |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Original Screenplay | Nominee | |
| Best Sound | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Nominee |