Category Archives: Woody Allen

‘Match Point’ premieres at Cannes Film Festival 10 years ago today (May 12 2005)


Video: 'Match Point' trailer

(Thursday, May 12, 2005)Match Point, a drama film about a former tennis pro who falls for a femme-fatal type who happens to be dating his friend and soon-to-be brother-in-law, premiered today at the Cannes Film Festival.

Directed by Woody Allen, the film starred Brian Cox, Matthew Goode, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Penelope Wilton.

Woody Allen loses to Mia Farrow in bitter custody battle 20 years ago today (1993)


Video: 'MIA FARROW'S LIFE & HER CHILDREN - "INTIMATE PORTRAIT"' (June 7, 1993, at 35:18)

(Monday, June 7, 1993) — Describing director, actor, comedian Woody Allen as a “self-absorbed, untrustworthy and insensitive” father, a judge in Manhattan today rejected his attempt to win custody of his three children (a biological son, Satchel, and two adopted children, Dylan and Moses) and awarded custody to their mother, actress Mia Farrow.