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The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
· Movie
· 82 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #822
- IMDb #914
- Rotten Tomatoes #505
- Metacritic #739
- Letterboxd #659
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #700
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #802
- Metacritic Audience #444
- Criticker #392
- Kinopoisk #1080
- AlloCiné #923
- Trakt #1657
Every rating
66–93
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 66, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 93.
See the most agreed on films →A depressed waitress in 1930s New Jersey escapes her dreary life by going to the movies. During a repeated viewing of her favorite film, "The Purple Rose of Cairo," the dashing hero on screen notices her and literally walks off the screen into the real world. This creates chaos for the studio and the actor who played the role, while the woman is caught between a perfect fictional man and his very real, flawed counterpart.
Details
- Director
- Woody Allen
- Writer
- Woody Allen
- Released
- 1 March 1985
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $15.0M
- Box office
- $10.6M
- Awards
- 12 wins, 8 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 20 →5 major awards won · 12 wins from 20 nominations across 14 ceremonies
| César Awards (1986) 1986 | Best Foreign Film | Woody Allen | Winner |
| BAFTA Awards 1985 | Best Original Screenplay | Woody Allen | Winner |
| BAFTA Awards 1985 | Best Film | Robert Greenhut and Woody Allen | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1985 | FIPRESCI Prize | Woody Allen | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1985 | Best Screenplay | Woody Allen | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1985 | Best Original Screenplay | Woody Allen | Nominee |
| BAFTA Awards 1985 | Best Special Visual Effects | R/Greenberg Associates | Nominee |
| BAFTA Awards 1985 | Best Actress | Mia Farrow | Nominee |
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BAFTA Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Film | Robert Greenhut and Woody Allen | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Woody Allen | Winner |
| Best Actress | Mia Farrow | Nominee |
| Best Special Visual Effects | R/Greenberg Associates | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Woody Allen | Winner |
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Jeff Daniels | Nominee |
| Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | Mia Farrow | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Robert Greenhut | Nominee |
Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| FIPRESCI Prize | Woody Allen | Winner |
César Awards (1986)
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Woody Allen | Winner |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Woody Allen | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Woody Allen | Nominee |
ALFS Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film of the Year | Winner |
BSFC Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Woody Allen | Winner |
Bodil Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Non-European Film | Woody Allen | Winner |
Fotogramas de Plata
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Woody Allen | Winner |
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Critics Award for Best Foreign Film | Woody Allen | Winner |
Hochi Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Woody Allen | Winner |
Mainichi Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Woody Allen | Winner |
Casting Society of America
1 nomination
| Artios Award for Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy | Juliet Taylor | Nominee |