In a fitting tribute to the late Diane Keaton, AMC Theatres is bringing back Annie Hall and Something’s Gotta Give to 100 cinemas across the U.S., The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Keaton died unexpectedly on Oct. 11 at her home in Los Angeles at age 79, less than a month after Robert Redford‘s passing. As THR wrote in a critic’s appreciation, their deaths represent “another stinging loss to the pantheon of New Hollywood in the decades before the major studios largely stepped away from making movies for grownups.”
Annie Hall was the result of Keaton’s long-time collaboration with the now-canceled filmmaker Woody Allen, both when they were romantically involved and after. The movies she made with him are considered some of her most acclaimed work, with Keaton winning the Oscar for best actress for her titular performance in Annie Hall.
Released in April 1977, Annie Hall earned a respectable $38.3 million at the domestic box office, not adjusted for inflation, while there is no way to put a price tag on its cultural impact. It ranks No. 31 on the American Film Institute’s list of 100 Greatest Movies in American Cinema, No. 4 on its comedy list.
Keaton would earn three more Oscar nominations for best actress, culminating with director Nancy Meyers‘ Something’s Gotta Give, an unexpected twist on the May-to-December plotline that co-stars Jack Nicholson and Keanu Reeves. The 2003 movie was also a runaway commercial success, earning $124.7 million domestically and $142 million overseas for a global haul of $266.7 million. That makes it the top-grossing live-action film of Keaton’s career in a leading role, not adjusted for inflation.
Other movie theater circuits are also likely to host Keaton retrospectives, while her films have quickly climbed up iTunes’ movie rental chart since her passing. On Monday, Something’s Gotta Give sat at No. 5, followed by Annie Hall at No. 14. Because I Said So, Reds and Baby Boom were also seeing an uptick, underscoring her rich and varied body of work.
