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** The conversation where Alvy and Rob keep referring to each other as Max comes from Allen's and Tony Roberts' real-life friendship, where they habitually call each other Max. In their early stage days, Allen would ask Roberts not to call him "Woody" in public, out of fear that people would recognize him. Roberts then suggested to call him "Max", and Allen agreed. Roberts proceeded to do this in private as well, and Allen soon started to follow suit.

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** The conversation where Alvy and Rob keep referring to each other as Max comes from Allen's and Tony Roberts' Creator/TonyRoberts' real-life friendship, where they habitually call each other Max. In their early stage days, Allen would ask Roberts not to call him "Woody" in public, out of fear that people would recognize him. Roberts then suggested to call him "Max", and Allen agreed. Roberts proceeded to do this in private as well, and Allen soon started to follow suit.
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* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/WoodyAllen not only wrote the role of Annie Hall especially for Creator/DianeKeaton, he based the character on her, too.

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* ActorInspiredElement: Music/PaulSimon felt that the script's portrayal of Tony Lacey was unrealistic. He convinced Woody Allen that he had a much better grasp on how to portray a music industry sleazeball like Tony, so Allen let Simon rewrite his own scenes.

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Music/PaulSimon felt that the script's portrayal of Tony Lacey was unrealistic. He convinced Woody Allen Creator/WoodyAllen that he had a much better grasp on how to portray a music industry sleazeball like Tony, so Allen let Simon rewrite his own scenes.scenes.
** The conversation where Alvy and Rob keep referring to each other as Max comes from Allen's and Tony Roberts' real-life friendship, where they habitually call each other Max. In their early stage days, Allen would ask Roberts not to call him "Woody" in public, out of fear that people would recognize him. Roberts then suggested to call him "Max", and Allen agreed. Roberts proceeded to do this in private as well, and Allen soon started to follow suit.
** Creator/DianeKeaton wore her own clothes.



* ThrowItIn: The sneeze during the coke scene was unscripted, but left in because the result was so hilarious.

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* ThrowItIn: TheRedStapler: Annie's outfits caused a brief fashion sensation.
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The sneeze during the coke scene was unscripted, but left in because the result was so hilarious.hilarious.
** According to Tony Roberts, in the scene where Rob picks Alvy up from jail, Creator/WoodyAllen was unaware that Roberts was going to pull the green visor down on his coat. Allen ad-libbed the line "Are we driving through plutonium?" They shot a second take during which Allen changed the line to "Are we driving through a field of bees?" The first take is the one in the film.
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* DeletedRole: Creator/BrookeShields had a scene as the young Alvy's first girlfriend that got cut.
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* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/WoodyAllen not only wrote the role of Annie Hall especially for Creator/DianeKeaton, he based the character on her, too.
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* UsefulNotes/AFIS100YearsSeries:
** AFIS100Years100Movies: #31
** AFIS100Years100Laughs: #4
** AFIS100Years100Passions: #11
** AFIS100Years100Songs:
*** #90, "Seems Like Old Times"
** AFIS100Years100MovieQuotes:
*** #55, "La-dee-da, la-dee-da"
** AFIS100Years100Movies10THAnniversaryEdition: #35
** AFIS10Top10:
*** #2, Romantic Comedy
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* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/SigourneyWeaver was originally offered the role of Dorrie. However, she was appearing in a play written by her best friend at the time and was unable to take the role. She makes a brief appearance near the end of the film as Alvy's date.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Marshall [=McLuhan=]'s cameo wasn't originally intended for [=McLuhan=]. Among Woody's first choices were Creator/FedericoFellini and Creator/LuisBunuel. Fellini and ''Film/{{Satyricon}}'' do get namedropped in the scene.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Marshall [=McLuhan=]'s cameo wasn't originally intended for [=McLuhan=]. Among Woody's first choices were Creator/FedericoFellini and Creator/LuisBunuel. Fellini and ''Film/{{Satyricon}}'' ''[[Film/FelliniSatyricon Satyricon]]'' do get namedropped in the scene.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Marshall [=McLuhan=]'s cameo wasn't originally intended for [=McLuhan=]. Among Woody's first choices were Creator/FedericoFellini and Creator/LuisBunuel.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Marshall [=McLuhan=]'s cameo wasn't originally intended for [=McLuhan=]. Among Woody's first choices were Creator/FedericoFellini and Creator/LuisBunuel. Fellini and ''Film/{{Satyricon}}'' do get namedropped in the scene.

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