Diane Keaton did Annie Hall & Goodbar in one year....

Nothing. But dykes like her.

She did more good work with Woody Allen (HANNAH AND HER SISTERS), REDS, other things. I think FIRST WIVES CLUB was a hit.

It's not like she was a one-hit wonder, so STFU.

[quote]She did more good work with Woody Allen (HANNAH AND HER SISTERS),

She wasn't even in (HANNAH AND HER SISTERS)

YOU shut the fuck up.

I got so sick of her saying "I'm beautiful and bright" in her various movies. Bright, beautiful and VAIN more like it.

She was fantastic in Marvin's Room

I saw her on Ellen. She covers up every piece of skin on her body, right down her knuckles. She wears sleeves that are so long they have a slit for her thumb. Age spots? Eczema? The heartbreak of psoriasis?

She was good in the Father of the Bride movies, First Wives Club and The Family Stone.

Woody and Diane made a number of great movies together, it wasn't just Annie Hall. And that was back when Woody's movies were still mainstream, and he hadn't retreated to art house hits only yet. Diane became more mediocre about her work with Woody, but I don't think she's untalented.

R7 cradles her coffee mug when she watches Diane on goofy ol' Ellen.

[quote]Woody and Diane made a number of great movies together, it wasn't just Annie Hall. And that was back when Woody's movies were still mainstream, and he hadn't retreated to art house hits only yet.

No one really noticed her or knew her name until Annie Hall. She was just his sidekick.

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Marvin's Room. She is the best thing in it, and blows Meryl Streep off the screen.

R12 = G

Oh, I love her. So many great performances, none in the past forty years, but a charming character actress nonetheless.

She received a Best Actress Oscar nomination in 1981 for "Reds."

She's done just a huge amount of awful films in the past forty years. Some people criticize Streep's filmography of the same era, but she usually as interesting roles and showcases in her films; Keaton's are just stupid pot-boilers. A world away from her early career. She's spent far too long coasting on fumes to the point that they've actually had a negative impact on her standing. How many times has she turned up to play the same psuedo-quirky gender studies professor?

She could've had a career more like Streep, but things like THE FAMILY STONE, FWC, FATHER OF THE BRIDE, and all the other comedies were easier paychecks.

I liked her in "Manhattan Murder Mystery". I guess she stepped-in to replace Mia.

I prefer Mia.

She's best known as a novelty actress who wears oddball clothes. I've seen very few of her movies and I really don't care for her.

The whole oddball clothes thing is so trying.

Perfect example of a basic white woman.

Uhm, GODFATHER films???

Diane Keaton in The Young Pope. She must have really needed the money.

She was awesome in both REDS and MARVIN'S ROOM.

[quote] Uhm, GODFATHER films???

Easily overshadowed in them.

Still trying to be hip at her age?

She looks like Lily Munster's sister in this photo.

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Dressing like that in your twenties in the '70s is one thing. Now it just reeks on dementia-ridden bag lady or desperate white woman.

Big into house flipping apparently. She must like money.

Mrs Soffel with Mel Gibson before he went crazy.

OP is either Ronan or Mia Farrow who started this thread in order to tell their "truth" that Mia is a better actress than Diane Keaton.

I don't see the need to put her in competition with Mia Nutcase Farrow. Who yeah was a good actress but Keaton was, too. And Keaton kept her dignity and kept WORKING.

Diane thinks that he is Katherine Hepburn

I think that Keaton is a good director. Sometime in the 90s she had her own production company and was trying to get her own projects off the ground, but I don't know what happened. It's possible that once she adopted her kids, she decided to be a real parent and not an absent one, and took acting jobs for money and spent the rest of her time restoring and flipping homes.

A number of people have mentioned Marvin's Room, I want to say I love that too. Meryl is hilarious in it. The plot summary doesn't sound like a comedy, but that's actually what it is.

She's brilliant in Manhattan. Easily her best performance. That character is so good and authentic. Snobby, elite, judgmental, vain, insecure, she's an abysmal mess and Keaton plays it exquisitely.

I prefer Farrow. Yeah, she's a nutcase and a bitch but so is Keaton.

Marvin's Room - Imagine a movie where Diane Keaton and Leonardo Dicaprio are the stars and Meryl Streep and Robert Deniro fill in the smaller roles. Only Leo and Diane can pull that off.

Baby Boom - Her greatest film. The movie is her. She's in every scene. She'll go several scenes without conversation with another person. It's all her and absolute perfection.

The Family Stone - a Six Feet Under Christmas Special - wonderful

Something's Gotta Give - Katharine Hepburn allusions everywhere. Turtlenecks, beach house, Jack Nicholson co-starring as Spencer Tracy.

Best line in Baby Boom. She's interviewing potential nannies.

Diane: So tell me a little bit about yourself. What brought you to New York?

Potential Nanny: The Lord.

Diane: Well, thank you very much for coming by...

Woody Allen directed several women to Oscar wins and nominations. Mia Farrow wasn’t one of them.

Mia Farrow is a vain little cunt and a psychopat of the first degree. Keaton forever.

True, R39. But Keaton is too.

I also loved her in Manhatttan - so entitled and self deluded and laugh out loud funny. But of course, that movie is perfect from start to finish.

She is a perfect fit in "Mattahan Murder Mystery" , (replacemening Mia). What about "Baby Boom"? Good movie where Diane was still an actress and showcasing her talent. I also thought she was great in "Martin's Room".

Baby Boom? - we're being overrun by middle aged mug cradlers.

[quote]She is a perfect fit in "Mattahan Murder Mystery"

That film was a piece of shit. You have no standards.

and it's Manhattan not Mattahan.

Running Mates; Diane and Ed Harris, perfect together.

[quote]Woody Allen directed several women to Oscar wins and nominations. Mia Farrow wasn’t one of them.

She was jinxed when it came to The Oscars. She should at least have been nominated for Rosemary's Baby

(And Purple Rose)

Ruth Gordon won the sympathy Oscar.

If she went supporting for DEATH ON THE NILE she should've gotten a nom.

Mia has been VERY GOOD in VERY MANY films.

FACT.

Manhattan Murder Mystery featuring Joy Behar and Alan Alda as Keaton and Allen's friends and frequent dinner companions. When Baby Boom was turned into a TV series for one season Joy Behar played Helga the Nanny. I'd love to see more than the few short clips available on YouTube.

Even Woody in his recent documentary says what a great actress Mia was (and we know how he feels about her).

R44, you are so right, I'm glad you could decipher what I wrote. I was typing too fast, apologies.

Has Leo Gorcy joined us at R43!?

Oh, the snark was for R42!

R49 - Ronan?

Agree with the love for Manhattan. Great film.

Streep had her reasons for doing She-Devil and Death Becomes Her. They were actually both fun enough (despite Goldie Hawn), and she was good in them. But it wasn't a permanent thing. She went back to trying to challenge herself more.

But Keaton's phase of doing the same type of film has lasted a lot longer than Streep's. There's a lot more garbage on her resume, particularly as time goes on, than on Streep's.

I wonder why Mia never got an Oscar nom. She gave AMPAS plenty of chances for them to give her one.

She's coasted a lot on ANNIE HALL. It's like she's spent all her time since acting out the persona in real life too.

Don't forget her tour de force with the least memorable performance in 'Crimes of the Heart'

She looked so stoned and kooky on Graham Norton Show a while back. Probably from copious amounts of libation on that show.

I like her a lot, but I found Mr. Goodbar tiresome. It was just weird.

I find the 'kooky' act so tiresome. She's a baby boomer WASPy white woman from LA. And she only does mainstream Hollywood stuff.

She stunk to high heaven in The Book Group. To think that Andy Garcia would have fallen for her is comical.

They even made her real life wardrobe choices a joke in one scene.

The hats, the sleeves, the glasses... all so... dated.

I HATE First Wives' Club -- frau fantasy porn. She's unbearable in that -- I wanted to punch her in the scene where she casuallys outs her daughter -- the only saving grace is Hawn and Midler are equally repulsive.

Lots of great performances over the years - all her work with Woody Allen (Mia was also just as great), Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Reds, Shoot the Moon, The Little Drummer Girl, Crimes of the Heart, The Good Mother, Somethings Gotta Give. Even in lesser films I almost always enjoy Diane Keaton.

As a director I loved Unstrung Heroes. She even managed to get a good performance out of Andie McDowell. Her documentary Heaven is a loopy experience to say the least.

[quote]Somethings Gotta Give

That's really Katherine Heigl tier stuff.

[quote]I like her a lot, but I found Mr. Goodbar tiresome. It was just weird.

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[quote] I like her a lot, but I found Mr. Goodbar tiresome. It was just weird.

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That's hardly a iconic gay film like Showgirls or Valley of the Dolls or Mommie Dearest. It's never discussed around here.

[quote]That's hardly a iconic gay film like Showgirls or Valley of the Dolls or Mommie Dearest. It's never discussed around here.

Oh, dear. Such ignorance.

Really? I've never seen a thread on it, R73.

I remember a recent thread on FWC asking why DL never talked about it.

I don't think it worked because of the three leads. I posted that I'd loved to have seen M, G and Sally Field in it instead.

That’s because it’s hard to see because Paramount doesn’t want to pay to relicense the songs for home video.

Take your pick, R74

I said I've never seen one, not that they don't exist. In contrast, it would be hard to avoid a thread on Mommie Dearest -- there's one a month.

[quote]I said I've never seen one, not that they don't exist.

Oh, shut up - you're a bore.

Did she get her baps out in Goodbar?

[quote]Did she get her baps out in Goodbar?

I don't remember.

Mia is still in love with Woody after all these years. She just posted a picture of her in Broadway Danny Rose a few days ago so she loves bringing attention to their movies.

[quote]She just posted a picture of her in Broadway Danny Rose a few days ago so she loves bringing attention to their movies.

No, that must be a first - she usually posts pics from non-Woody movies.

The Allen/Farrow family are apparently on speaking terms. Ronan has a 'relationship' with his father - doubt they hang out or anything like that but they are on speaking terms.

I love keaton

Here you go, DL. Miss Diane Keaton in 1971 on an episode of Mannix!

As you can see, her very special acting style was already firmly formed. She was just waiting for some talented directors to show her off to the best advantage.

Good find, R86.

And it’s one of the few performances in a comic film to win an Oscar...but I thought that she was better in Goodbar.

"No one really noticed her or knew her name until Annie Hall. She was just his sidekick."

Except for two previous little movies called The Godfather and The Godfather Part 2.

She is wonderful in "Baby Boom" & "Something's Got To Give" for which she was Oscar nominated again and won the Golden Globe.

She only has 4 Oscar nominations!

[quote]Except for two previous little movies called The Godfather and The Godfather Part 2.

She's hardly the star of them.

Reasonable for someone not to know her name until AH even if they had seen The Godfather.

[QUOTE]She only has 4 Oscar nominations!

She got a nomination over you in Marvin's Room, bitch.

[quote]Reasonable for someone not to know her name until AH even if they had seen The Godfather.

I agree.

It wasn't as though her name was on the tip of everyone's tongue after that.

"Gee, can't wait to see what she does next!"

gurl, NO!

[quote]She is wonderful in "Baby Boom" & "Something's Got To Give" for which she was Oscar nominated again and won the Golden Globe.

Awful frau-drek of that era.

[quote]It wasn't as though her name was on the tip of everyone's tongue after that.

She was overshadowed in The Godfather -- no one really regards that as A Diane Keaton Film in the same way that people regard Kramer v Kramer as an M film despite her only having a not huge supporting role.

Streep did get a lot of momentum from that. Keaton didn't really take off until Annie Hall.

[quote]no one really regards that as A Diane Keaton Film in the same way that people regard Kramer v Kramer as an M film despite her only having a not huge supporting role.

But the story was very much about her, even when she wasn't on the screen.

The "I had an abortion, Michael" line was an early reference to G's career.

[quote]Streep did get a lot of momentum from that. Keaton didn't really take off until Annie Hall.

Annie Hall + Goodbar.

Goodbar was so powerful and so different from Annie Hall that people really took notice of her as an actress...and she really rose to the challenge in Goodbar. She was great.

Goodbar might not be very famous in retrospect, but it was a very big film when it came out and garnered a lot of attention.

The courtroom scene of KvK is very impactful. Streep walks off with the film there.

[quote]The courtroom scene of KvK is very impactful. Streep walks off with the film there.

She wrote her monologue.

Is SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE being held up as the finest of her recent (if you want to consider 2003 recent) work? That would be like Streep's performance in HOPE SPRINGS being held up as her best.

[quote] Streep walks off with the film there.

Or the scene when she's reunited in the park with Billy.

[quote]Is SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE being held up as the finest of her recent (if you want to consider 2003 recent) work?

by a few fraus and Marys maybe.

SGG is beyond overhyped. It's a frau film.

Oh, and I assume fraus only like it for the interior design.

I think Glenn's a better actress than Diane, but she hasn't had the same chances. Maybe she just arrived in Hollywood too late. There's a big difference between the '70s and '80s when it comes to film.

Book Club can't be any frauier if you covered it in pumpkin spice.

I like Diane in THE FAMILY STONE.

When did that happen?I thought they all hated each other? R84

Great find. R86, thanks for sharing! Keaton actually mentions that episode in her book, pointing out how kind and helpful Mike Connors was to her during the filming of the episode.

After college, I worked in the Programming Department of a syndicated TV station, and part of my duties was to time out the episodes of the shows we ran. Great gig for a lifetime movie buff, as I got to see everyone’s guest appearances on episodic TV.

Two episodes I still remember (and I fully realize I’m setting myself up for a “Mary!” here!) were Keaton’s appearances on “Love American Style” and “Night Gallery”. She was a delight on “LAS” — so fresh and charming (of course, it helped that her episode was a sweet and non-smarmy one.) And her insecure nurse unwittingly duped into murder on “Night Gallery” was good, too — very unlike most of the acting on episodic TV of the period.

[quote]Keaton kept her dignity and kept WORKING.

If you call playing the same role for the past 20-odd years in terrible films “keeping her dignity,” then I don’t know what to tell you.

Even G never reduced herself to this.

[quote]If you call playing the same role for the past 20-odd years in terrible films “keeping her dignity,” then I don’t know what to tell you.

She clearly has no shame.

R57 What do you mean 'despite Goldie Hawn' - Goldie was great in Death Becomes Her.

I've never cared for her, R116

Goldie Hawn is a National Treasure

"Woody was lucky he found Mia, who was very talented when it came to procuring daughters."

Fixed that for you.

Meanwhile, Keaton has always had body issues. I wonder if she may have been a cutter.

In any case, I laughed when everyone talked about how great her nude scene was in that terrible Jack Nicholson movie when it was obvious they used a body double.

Kathleen Turner had a similar year. Romancing the Stone came out in the spring, Crimes of Passion in the fall. She was completely charming in the first, riveting in the second. She absolutely should have secured an Oscar nomination but her two performances might have split the vote.

R120 You had to milk a cow in the lead actress category that year to get nominated.

[quote]Meanwhile, Keaton has always had body issues. I wonder if she may have been a cutter.

She was one of those...umm...you know when you throw up intentionally after you eat, people.

It affected her teeth and she had to get replacements.

Gurl has issues - hence when she wrote her "autobiography" she wrote it mostly about her mother. How weird is that?

I guess she wanted the check. Money seems to come first for her.

But people like her so gets away with it.

and when she goes on talk shows all she does is giggle and promote her wine.

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“I’m from Philadelphia, we believe in God.”

Is it true they're doing a sequel called 'Looking For Mr. Snickers'?

I'll do anything for a paycheck

Does anybody know what song(s) used in Looking for Mr. Goodbar are holding up the release of this film on Blu Ray due to rights issues? I understand that has been the reason for its status as 'missing in action' so to speak on Dvd/Blu Ray.

She was low-key epic in The Good Mother.

[quote]Does anybody know what song(s) used in Looking for Mr. Goodbar are holding up the release of this film on Blu Ray due to rights issues? I understand that has been the reason for its status as 'missing in action' so to speak on Dvd/Blu Ray.

I don't think we'll ever see it now. It's a forgotten movie in many ways.

It's on YouTube these days. It gets pulled and then re-posted.