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1、TaketheMoneyandRun(Comedy/Documentary)(1969)©2004byRaymondWeschlerMajorCharactersVirgilStockwell……………………………………………WoodyAllenApoorandunluckyyoungmanwhodecidesthattheonlywayhecansurviveistomakealivingasacriminal.Louise………………………………………………………..JanetMargolinAsweetandinnocentyoungwomanwhoe
2、ventuallybecomesVirgil’swifeaftertheymeetinapark.Mr.Starkwell……………………………………..………..HenryLeffVirgil’sfather,whothinkshissonisahorribleperson.Mrs.Starkwell……………………………………………..EthelSokolowVirgil’smom,whothinkshissonisbasicallyagoodpersonbuthashadtroublebecauseofhisdifficultchildhood.The
3、Narrator………………………………………………..JacksonBeckThepersonwhoofficiallytellsVirgil’stroubledstorytotheaudience.PlotSummaryThisfilmisthefirstmoviestarringanddirectedbyWoodyAllen,whowouldgoontobecomeoneofthemostfamouscomicactorsinthehistoryofAmericancinema.Itisdoneintheformofadocumentary,andte
4、llsthelifestoryofVirgilStockwell,apooranddesperateyoungmanwhoturnstoalifeofcrimebecausehecan’tseemtomakealivingdoinganythingelse.ThenarratortellsofVirgil’slifefromhisunhappychildhoodtohisridiculouslifeasabankrobber,oftenthroughtheuseofinterviewswithpeoplewhohaveknownhim.Thosepeople
5、includeeveryonefromhisdecentbutashamedparents(soashamedofVirgil,infact,thattheyweardisguiseswhiletheyareinterviewed),tohispsychologistsandfellowinmatesinprison.ForVirgil,thebestthingthathappensinhislifeiswhenhemeetsLouise,asweetandprettyyoungwomanwhoworksinalaundry.Virgilhadplayedc
6、elloasaboy,andwhenhemeetsLouise,hetellsherthatheisaprofessionalclassicalmusicianinthecityphilharmonic.Eventually,ofcourse,LouisefindsoutthatVirgilissimplyacommoncriminalandbankrobber,butshestaysloyaltohim,evenafteranendlessseriesoffailedbankrobberiesinwhichVirgilalwaysendsupbackinp
7、rison,forevertryingjustonemoretimetoescape…2SomeWordsandExpressionsthatYouMaynotKnowVirgilStarkwellsurvivesadifficultchildhoodandgrowsuptobecomeacommoncriminal.ThewifeofaNewJerseyhandyman.A“handyman”isapersonwhoisskilledatfixingmanydifferenttypesofthings,fromelectricalandplumbingpr
8、oblemstowindowsandroofs.He
