
Sleeper(1973)
Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.


“The Revolutionist That Shook the World With LAUGHTER!”
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.

Woody Allen
Fielding Mellish

Louise Lasser
Nancy

Carlos Montalbán
General Emilio M. Vargas

Nati Abascal
Yolanda

Jacobo Morales
Esposito

Miguel Ángel Suárez
Luis

René Enríquez
Diaz

Jack Axelrod
Arroyo

Howard Cosell
Himself

Charlotte Rae
Mrs. Ruth Mellish
Bananas is a comedy film released in 1971 exploring themes of revolution, political activism, loser, banana republic, anarchic comedy. Directed by Woody Allen, it stars Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalbán. When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
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