Woody Allen Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Diane Keaton === [[File:Diane Keaton, Woody Allen, Jerry Lacy Play it Again, Sam Broadway.JPG|thumb|Allen with [[Diane Keaton]] and [[Jerry Lacy]] in the play ''[[Play It Again, Sam (play)|Play It Again, Sam]]'']] In 1968,<ref>{{cite web|author=Raechal Shewfelt|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/woody-allen-defender-diane-keatons-long-history-director-215711186.html|work=Yahoo!|title=Woody Allen defender Diane Keaton's long history with the director|date=January 30, 2018}}</ref> Allen cast [[Diane Keaton]] in his Broadway show ''[[Play It Again, Sam (film)|Play It Again, Sam]].'' During the run she and Allen became romantically involved. Although they broke up after a year, she continued to star in his films, including ''[[Sleeper (1973 film)|Sleeper]]'' as a futuristic poet and ''[[Love and Death]]'' as a composite character based on the novels of [[Leo Tolstoy|Tolstoy]] and [[Fyodor Dostoevsky|Dostoevsky]]. ''[[Annie Hall]]'' was very important in Allen's and Keaton's careers. It is said that the role was written for her, as Keaton's birth name was Diane Hall. She then starred in ''[[Interiors]]'' as a poet, followed by ''[[Manhattan (1979 film)|Manhattan]]''. In 1987, she had a cameo as a nightclub singer in ''[[Radio Days]]'', and she was chosen to replace [[Mia Farrow]] in ''[[Manhattan Murder Mystery]]'' after Allen and Farrow began having problems with their relationship. In total Keaton has starred in eight of Allen's films. As of 2018 Keaton and Allen remain close friends.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mumford|first=Gwilym|date=January 30, 2018|title=Diane Keaton: 'Woody Allen is my friend and I continue to believe him'|newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/30/diane-keaton-woody-allen-dylan-farrow|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> In a rare public appearance, Allen presented Keaton with the [[AFI Life Achievement Award]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Woody Allen Makes Rare L.A. Appearance at Diane Keaton AFI Event|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/woody-allen-makes-rare-la-appearance-at-diane-keaton-afi-event-1011793|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 8, 2017}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page