A great deal of the credit of Allen's masterpiece was given to the editor but a lot of the brilliance was there on the page. There's some fascinating differences with the final film, although the tone is the same – we visit the house of Donald, one of his childhood classmates; a fantasy scene with a game show where the host breaks down; flashback to Alvy at college; a different ending (Annie goes out with an Alvy look alike). Reading it you feel it's the sort of movie where the editing would help a lot - more organic, natural. Maybe that's what has inspired Allen to make films from scripts that weren't ready.
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