One of the best movies about movies ever made, The Purple Rose of Cairo is a magical, intoxicating comic fable about life, love, illusion and hope.

In the Depression-hit New Jersey of the early 1930s, lonely waitress Cecilia (Mia Farrow) becomes addicted to the products of the Hollywood dream factory as a means of briefly escaping her bleak life and loveless marriage. In the comforting darkness of the cinema, she becomes so obsessed with one film in particular, the adventure-romance The Purple Rose of Cairo, that its central character Tom Baxter (Jeff Daniels) notices her in the stalls and steps through the screen to greet her. But how can the rest of the film proceed without him? And what if other actors get similar ideas above their station?

Both a hilarious romantic comedy and a complex philosophical essay about the nature of illusion and reality, The Purple Rose of Cairo is one of Woody Allen’s richest films, its ideas slipping down so easily that it only later becomes apparent just how deep they are.

DETAILS:

UK RELEASE DATE: 9th January 2017

Blu-ray RRP: £17.99

Region: B

Rating: PG

Year: 1985

Duration: 82 mins

Language: English

Subtitles: English SDH

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Audio: Mono

Colour/B&W

Discs: 1

UK Cat No: FCD1290

UK Barcode: 5027035014586

Directed by: Woody Allen

Starring: Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello