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* ExactWords: Starlet Nicole Oliver states that her body belongs entirely to her husband. However, her ''head'' is free to do whatever it wants -- so she gives Lee a blowjob.
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* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The film opens and ends with Music/LudwigVanBeethoven's Fifth Symphony. The opening is more or less an over-the-top gag. The closing is far darker context.
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* AuthorAvatar: Kenneth Branagh's character Lee Simon is clearly an avatar for Woody Allen and his trademark neurotic characters. Robin also seems to ape some Allen mannerisms at the beginning, making her a sort of DistaffCounterpart.
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* {{Homage}}: The film is basically an updated version of ''Film/EightAndAHalf''.
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Lee Simon (Creator/KennethBranagh) is an unsuccessful novelist turned travel writer who immerses himself in celebrity journalism following a midlife crisis and subsequent divorce from his insecure wife, former English teacher Robin (Judy Davis).(Creator/JudyDavis). However, as he stumbles his way through both professional encounters and sexual escapades with performers, models, and other players in the world of entertainment, Lee ruins numerous opportunities due to his fame-seeking, insecurities and neuroses. Meanwhile, Robin leaves her many neuroses behind and is led to success.
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* AdamWesting: Most of the people appearing in cameos in the film play exaggerated versions of themselves based on their public reputation, even if their characters go by another name. Examples include Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio as a hard-partying teen idol, Creator/WinonaRyder appearing as a slightly awkward actress being coached in the art of seducing (in reference to the many "inocence lost" characters she played at the time), and UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump AsHimself planning to buy St. Patrick's Cathedral and knock it down (?!).
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''Celebrity'' is a 1998 comedy-drama film written and directed by Creator/WoodyAllen.
Lee Simon (Creator/KennethBranagh) is an unsuccessful novelist turned travel writer who immerses himself in celebrity journalism following a midlife crisis and subsequent divorce from his insecure wife, former English teacher Robin (Judy Davis). However, as he stumbles his way through both professional encounters and sexual escapades with performers, models, and other players in the world of entertainment, Lee ruins numerous opportunities due to his fame-seeking, insecurities and neuroses. Meanwhile, Robin leaves her many neuroses behind and is led to success.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* AdamWesting: Most of the people appearing in cameos in the film play exaggerated versions of themselves based on their public reputation, even if their characters go by another name. Examples include Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio as a hard-partying teen idol, Creator/WinonaRyder appearing as a slightly awkward actress being coached in the art of seducing (in reference to the many "inocence lost" characters she played at the time), and UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump AsHimself planning to buy St. Patrick's Cathedral and knock it down (?!).
* AuthorAvatar: Kenneth Branagh's character Lee Simon is clearly an avatar for Woody Allen and his trademark neurotic characters. Robin also seems to ape some Allen mannerisms at the beginning, making her a sort of DistaffCounterpart.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: As many other Woody Allen films, the film is deliberately in black and white.
* HourglassPlot: Lee starts up wanting to immerse himself in celebrity journalism thinking that it will bring him success, while his ex-wife Robin is insecure on top of the neuroses the couple had. As the movie progresses, Lee doesn't get out of his neuroses and starts becoming as insecure as his ex-wife was, which wrecks numerous opportunities for him to succeed, while Robin leaves her many neuroses behind and gets a makeover that eventually led her to [[spoiler:her own celebrity interview program]].
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''Celebrity'' is a 1998 comedy-drama film written and directed by Creator/WoodyAllen.
Lee Simon (Creator/KennethBranagh) is an unsuccessful novelist turned travel writer who immerses himself in celebrity journalism following a midlife crisis and subsequent divorce from his insecure wife, former English teacher Robin (Judy Davis). However, as he stumbles his way through both professional encounters and sexual escapades with performers, models, and other players in the world of entertainment, Lee ruins numerous opportunities due to his fame-seeking, insecurities and neuroses. Meanwhile, Robin leaves her many neuroses behind and is led to success.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* AdamWesting: Most of the people appearing in cameos in the film play exaggerated versions of themselves based on their public reputation, even if their characters go by another name. Examples include Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio as a hard-partying teen idol, Creator/WinonaRyder appearing as a slightly awkward actress being coached in the art of seducing (in reference to the many "inocence lost" characters she played at the time), and UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump AsHimself planning to buy St. Patrick's Cathedral and knock it down (?!).
* AuthorAvatar: Kenneth Branagh's character Lee Simon is clearly an avatar for Woody Allen and his trademark neurotic characters. Robin also seems to ape some Allen mannerisms at the beginning, making her a sort of DistaffCounterpart.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: As many other Woody Allen films, the film is deliberately in black and white.
* HourglassPlot: Lee starts up wanting to immerse himself in celebrity journalism thinking that it will bring him success, while his ex-wife Robin is insecure on top of the neuroses the couple had. As the movie progresses, Lee doesn't get out of his neuroses and starts becoming as insecure as his ex-wife was, which wrecks numerous opportunities for him to succeed, while Robin leaves her many neuroses behind and gets a makeover that eventually led her to [[spoiler:her own celebrity interview program]].
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