Author: Mia Farrow

Brand: MGM Home Entertainment

Format: NTSC

Release Date: 01-04-2003

Details: The Purple Rose of Cairo is a 1985 American film by Woody Allen. During the 1930s in the United States, amidst the Great Depression, a young diner waitress named Cecilia has a husband who is unemployed and a deadbeat. She consoles herself by spending her evenings at the cinema, her great passion. One day, while she has come to see the same film at the Jewel Palace for the fifth time, an extraordinary incident occurs: one of the characters from The Purple Rose of Cairo, Tom Baxter, speaks to her from the theater. He steps off the screen, moving from the black-and-white film into the world of color, and draws her into an adventure with unexpected twists. *********The Purple Rose of Cairo is a 1985 American romantic fantasy comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen. Inspired by Sherlock, Jr., Hellzapoppin', and Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author, it is the tale of a film character who leaves a fictional film of the same name and enters the real world. Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey during the Depression and is searching for an escape from her dreary life. Tom Baxter is a dashing young archaeologist in the film "The Purple Rose of Cairo." After losing her job Cecilia goes to see the film in hopes of raising her spirits. Much to her surprise Tom Baxter walks off the screen and into her life. There's only one problem..Tom isn't real. Meanwhile Hollywood is up in arms when they dicover that other Tom Baxters are trying to leave the screen in other theatres. Will Tom ever return and finish the film or will he decide to stay in the real world?

UPC: 027616872760

EAN: 0027616872760

Languages: Spanish

Binding: DVD

Item Condition: New