A middle-aged artist obsessed with his pretty young assistant, a precocious 12-year-old living in a hotel, and a neurotic lawyer with a possessive mother make up three Gotham tales.A middle-aged artist obsessed with his pretty young assistant, a precocious 12-year-old living in a hotel, and a neurotic lawyer with a possessive mother make up three Gotham tales.A middle-aged artist obsessed with his pretty young assistant, a precocious 12-year-old living in a hotel, and a neurotic lawyer with a possessive mother make up three Gotham tales.
- Awards
- 1 win
- Directors
- Woody Allen(segment Oedipus Wrecks)
- Francis Ford Coppola(segment Life without Zoe)
- Martin Scorsese(segment Life Lessons)
- Writers
- Richard Price(segment Life Lessons)
- Woody Allen(segment Oedipus Wrecks)
- Francis Ford Coppola(segment Life without Zoe)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe performance piece that Steve Buscemi delivers in the Martin Scorsese segment was conceived and written by the actor himself.
- Quotes
Paulette: [Seeing a patrol car with two policemen in it] Kiss the driver on the mouth. Then we'll talk.
Lionel Dobie: [Disbelieving the request and laughing nervously] What?
Paulette: Come on, and show me how much you love me.
Lionel Dobie: [Shaken and laughing nervously. After a pause] What if I do? Huh?
Paulette: Then I'll know your love is true, and if you don't, your name is King Bullshit, and I pack.
- Crazy creditsCoppola's segment introduces cast and crew members only by their first name during the opening titles.
Life Without Zoe - Past comments have stated that this is the weakest of the three. I don't like to think of any of the stories as weak. I think the order of the stories is what is important. First is the tense art world drama, then the fairytale-like Zoe. Zoe doesn't have the punch of Life Lessons, but it's a relaxing follow-up. Enchanted flutes, princesses, sheiks, diamonds, parties, sunsets. I hate to use the word 'cute', but that's what it is - very cute, and that's not a bad thing in this case.
Oedipus Wrecks - Leaves the movie ending on a very outrageous and very funny note. This short is better than several of his movies (and I'm a HUGE Woody Allen fan).
- Superblast
- May 16, 2001
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Box office
- Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $10,763,469
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $432,337
- Mar 5, 1989
- Gross worldwide
- $10,763,469