


Screenplay by
Woody Allen
World Premiere
August 26, 1997 (Venice Film Festival)
Theatrical Release Date
December 12, 1997
DVD Release Date
May 27, 1998
Production Companies
Jean Doumanian Productions, Sweetland Films
Distribution Company
Fine Line Features

Harry Block is a well-regarded novelist whose tendency to thinly-veil his own experiences in his work, as well as his un-apologetic attitude and his proclivity for pills and whores, has left him with three ex-wives that hate him. As he is about to be honored for his writing by the college that expelled him, he faces writer's block and the impending marriage of his latest flame to a writer friend. As scenes from his stories and novels pass and interact with him, Harry faces the people whose lives he has affected--wives, lovers, his son, his sister.


Crewman #1
Holy shit, Mel is out of Focus!
Crewman #2
That's what I said, genius, he's out of focus.
Crewman #1
Let me see get the hell out of here...you're right Mel's himself is out of focus.
Crewman #2
What? What the hell are you talking about?
Crewman #1
I said the actor is out of focus!
Crewman #2
How can this be!
Mel
Is there a problem?
Director
Mel, Come here.
Mel
What?
Director
I don't know how to tell you this, but you're soft.
Mel
Well, I've gained a little weight.
Director
No it's not that, you're soft, you're out of focus.
Mel
Grace I'm home.
Grace
Hi, honey ... Hey, what's a matter you look strange.
Mel
I'm out of focus
Grace
Yeah, you are just a bit and you look pale.
Mel
Really?
Mel's Daughter
Dad, you're all blurry!
Grace
Maybe you should lay down, I'll bring you some tea and toast in bed
Mel's Son
Daddy's out of focus, Daddy's out of focus!


Robin Williams
Mel
Woody Allen
Harry Block
Billy Crystal
Larry
Kirstie Alley
Joan
Bob Balaban
Richard
Richard Benjamin
Ken
Judy Davis
Lucy
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Leslie
Tobey Maguire
Harvey Stern

Harry Block wrote a bestseller about his best friends.
Now, his best friends are about to become his worst enemies.

Dates
September 16, 1996 - December 1996
Locations
Central Park, New York City, NY
Madison,
NJ (Drew University)

Italy
August 26, 1997 (Venice Film Festival)
France
January 21, 1998
Portugal
January 30, 1998
Spain
February 3, 1998
Belgium
February 18, 1998
Sweden
February 20, 1998
Australia
April 9, 1998
Poland
Switzerland (German)
UK
April 17, 1998
Mexico
April 24, 1998 (Muestra Internacional de Cine)
June 5, 1998 (wide)
Iceland
April 30, 1998
Turkey
May 8, 1998
Germany
Singapore
May 21, 1998
Finland
July 10, 1998
Argentina
July 16, 1998
Hong Kong
July 30, 1998
Brazil
September 25, 1998
Slovakia
October 22, 1998
Denmark
October 30, 1998
Japan
October 31, 1998
Hungary
June 17, 1999
Netherlands
August 26, 1999

Austria / Germany
Harry außer sich
France / Canada
Harry dans tous ses états
Hungary
Agyament Harry
Portugal
As Faces de Harry
Brazil
Desconstruindo Harry
Spain
Desmontando a Harry
Desmuntant Harry (Catalan title)
Greece
Dialyontas ton Harry
Denmark
Harry - stykke for stykke
Italy
Harry a pezzi
Sweden
Harry bit för bit
Finland
Harry pala palalta
Norway
Harry: Bit for Bit
Mexico
Los enredos de Harry
Argentina
Los secretos de Harry
Poland
Przejrzec Harry'ego
Turkey
Yaramaz Harry

This title is available on:

Budget
$20,000,000 (estimated)
Gross
$10,686,841 (USA)
N/A (international)
$10,686,841 (total)
Opening Weekend
$356,476 (10 theaters)
Widest Release
445 theaters
In Release
about 5 weeks