---
title: 'Deconstructing Harry (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Woody Allen'
released: '1997-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/deconstructing-harry-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118954/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Deconstructing Harry (1997)

1997 · 96 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Deconstructing Harry is a 1997 American black comedy film written, directed by, and co-starring Woody Allen, with an ensemble cast, including Caroline Aaron, Kirstie Alley, Bob Balaban, Richard Benjamin, Eric Bogosian, Billy Crystal, Judy Davis, and Elisabeth Shue, as well as Jennifer Garner in her feature film debut. The film tells the story of a successful writer named Harry Block, played by Allen, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real life, and from events that happen to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Woody Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/woody-allen)
- **Screenplay:** [Woody Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/woody-allen)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Johnny Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-green)
- **Producer:** [Letty Aronson](https://cinepixo.com/people/letty-aronson), [Jean Doumanian](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-doumanian)
- **Director of Photography:** [Carlo Di Palma](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-di-palma)
- **Editor:** [Susan E. Morse](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-e-morse)

## Cast

- [Tony Darrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-darrow)
- [Frederick Rolf](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-rolf)
- [Jonathan LaPaglia](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-lapaglia)
- [Tony Sirico](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-sirico)
- [Philip Bosco](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-bosco)
- [Peter Jacobson](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-jacobson)
- [Julia Louis-Dreyfus](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-louis-dreyfus)
- [Paul Giamatti](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-giamatti)
- [Hy Anzell](https://cinepixo.com/people/hy-anzell)
- [Mariel Hemingway](https://cinepixo.com/people/mariel-hemingway)
- [Robin Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/robin-williams)
- [Richard Benjamin](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-benjamin)
- [Chris Bauer](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-bauer)
- [Dan Frazer](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-frazer)
- [Hazelle Goodman](https://cinepixo.com/people/hazelle-goodman)

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