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Radio Days

  • 7.4 /10

  • 623

  • 92%

Plot

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.

Cast

Danny Aiello as Rocco
Danny Aiello

as Rocco

Jeff Daniels as Biff Baxter
Jeff Daniels

as Biff Baxter

Mia Farrow as Sally White
Mia Farrow

as Sally White

Seth Green as Joe
Seth Green

as Joe

Robert Joy as Fred
Robert Joy

as Fred

Julie Kavner as Mother
Julie Kavner

as Mother

Diane Keaton as New Year's Singer
Diane Keaton

as New Year's Singer

Julie Kurnitz as Irene
Julie Kurnitz

as Irene

Renée Lippin as Aunt Ceil
Renée Lippin

as Aunt Ceil

Kenneth Mars as Rabbi Baumel
Kenneth Mars

as Rabbi Baumel

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • January 30, 1987

Production Companies

  • Orion Pictures

  • Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $16,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $14,792,779.00

Runtime

  • 1.48 hrs

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Reviews

"Radio Days" is packed with gentle and understated comedic flourishes combined with some genuinely arresting moments of tragedy and major life changing global events. However, you could argue Woody Allen is tastefully romanticising such things as the family unit being central to daily life too much. After all, were families ever this much chaotic fun? Was life ever lived this way? Was there ever …

“Joe” (Seth Green) is reminiscing about his childhood in a New York where he lived with his mum and dad and her extended family in some basic and cramped accommodation - it’s a bit like the “Bucket” household from the world of Roald Dahl, replete with cabbage soup, too. This family, and their neighbours, live their lives according to a pattern of routines. From day to day and week to week, they g…