History Film / PlayItAgainSam

* SpitTake: Two of them, once when Allan drinks bourbon and another one when the biker grabs Allan's 7up.

* AdaptationNiceGuy: In the original play Nancy is nothing but spiteful, with Allan's journey being that he lets her memory stop dominating his life. In the film they meet in person and part on [[AmicableExes good terms.]]

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--> Allan: Even if I could reach him, what's the point? He'd just say it was a sexual problem. How could it be a sexual problem? [My ex-wife and I] weren't even having relations.

* SpitTake: Two of them, once when Woody Allen drinks bourbon and another one when the biker grabs Woody's 7up.

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* BookEnds: The movie begins with Allan watching the final scene of ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. It ends with Allan reenacting that scene, with himself in the Rick role and [[spoiler:Linda and Dick]] as Ilsa and Victor

* RunningGag: Dick calling people to tell them the phone number at which he can be reached.
** Also, TechnologyMarchesOn: These days, Dick would be one of those guys who never gets off his cell phone.

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'''''Play It Again, Sam''''' is a 1972 comedy movie directed by Herbert Ross and adapted from the Broadway play by Creator/WoodyAllen, who also stars in it.

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Dick's RunningGag wouldn't work after the existence of cellphones.

* ShoutOut: Allan is a huge Creator/HumphreyBogart fan, so there are multiple references to Bogart movies, particularly the final scene, which is almost identical to the final scene of ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. Most of Allan's dialogue is identical to Bogart's dialogue in that scene
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Dick's RunningGag wouldn't work after the existence of cellphones

'''''Play It Again, Sam''''' is a 1972 comedy movie directed by Herbert Ross, adapted from Creator/WoodyAllen's Broadway play. It follows the romantic trials and life of a San Francisco movie buff and film critic Allan Felix (Allen). He is neurotic, shy, fanatical about films, and obsessed with the film ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. Allan tries to model his behavior after the personality of its tough-guy actor Creator/HumphreyBogart.

'''''Play It Again, Sam''''' is a 1972 comedy movie directed by Herbert Ross, based on Creator/WoodyAllen's Broadway play. It follows the romantic trials and life of a San Francisco movie buff and film critic Allan Felix (Allen). He is neurotic, shy, fanatical about films, and obsessed with the film ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. Allan tries to model his behavior after the personality of its tough-guy actor Creator/HumphreyBogart.

'''''Play It Again, Sam''''' is a 1972 comedy movie directed by Herbert Ross, based on Creator/WoodyAllen's own Broadway play. It follows the romantic trials and life of a San Francisco movie buff and film critic Allan Felix (Creator/WoodyAllen). He is neurotic, shy, fanatical about films, and obsessed with the film ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. Allan tries to model his behavior after the personality of its tough-guy actor Creator/HumphreyBogart.

''Play It Again, Sam'' is a 1972 movie directed by Herbert Ross, based on Creator/WoodyAllen's own Broadway play. It follows the romantic trials and life of a San Francisco movie buff and film critic Allan Felix (Creator/WoodyAllen). He is neurotic, shy, fanatical about films, and obsessed with the film ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. Allan tries to model his behavior after the personality of its tough-guy actor Creator/HumphreyBogart.

''Play It Again, Sam'' is a 1972 movie directed by Herbert Ross, based on Creator/WoodyAllen's own Broadway play. It follows the romantic trials and life of a San Francisco movie buff and film critic Allan Felix (Creator/WoodyAllen). He is neurotic, shy, fanatical about films, and obsessed over the film ''{{Casablanca}}''. Allan tries to model his behavior after the personality of its tough-guy actor HumphreyBogart.

* BookEnds: the movie begins with Allan watching the final scene of ''{{Casablanca}}''. It ends with Allan reenacting that scene, with himself in the Rick role and [[spoiler: Linda and Dick]] as Ilsa and Victor

--> Allan: Even if I could reach him, what's the point? He'd just say it was a sexual problem. How could it be a sexual problem? [my ex-wife and I] weren't even having relations.
* GratuitousItalian: in one of Allan's fantasies about [[spoiler: telling Dick he's in love with Linda]], he imagines them in an Italian movie, complete with Italian dialogue (mostly cursing, in Dick's case)
* ImaginaryFriend: Humphrey Bogart.
* MatchmakerCrush: Inverted, as Allan falls in love with Linda, his matchmaker. [[spoiler: Played straight, in that she falls in love with him too]]
* RunningGag: Dick calling people to tell them the phone number he can be reached at
* ShoutOut: Allan is a huge HumphreyBogart fan, so there are multiple references to Bogart movies, particularly the final scene, which is almost identical to the final scene of ''{{Casablanca}}''. Most of Allan's dialogue is identical to Bogart's dialogue in that scene

''Play It Again, Sam'' is a 1972 movie directed by Herbert Ross, based on WoodyAllen's own Broadway play. It follows the romantic trials and life of a San Francisco movie buff and film critic Allan Felix (Woody Allen). He is neurotic, shy, fanatical about films, and obsessed over the film ''{{Casablanca}}''. Allan tries to model his behavior after the personality of its tough-guy actor HumphreyBogart.