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'''''Radio Days''''' is a 1987 American [[Comedy drama|comedy-drama film]] film written and directed by [[Woody Allen]],. whoIt alsois narratesa nostalgic look at the story.[[golden Theage filmof looksradio]] backduring the late 1930s and 1940s, focusing on ana Americanworking-class family's lifeliving during thein [[GoldenRockaway AgeBeach, ofQueens Radio|Rockaway Beach]], usingNew bothYork. musicThe andfilm memoriesweaves totogether tellvarious vignettes, blending the storylives of the family members with the radio programs they listen to daily. It starsalso features an [[ensemble cast]].

Joe,The film is narrated by the narratorfictional Joe, relateswho is voiced by Allen himself. Joe begins by relating how two burglars got involved in a radio game after picking up the phone during a home burglary. He goes on to explain that he associates old radio songs with childhood memories.

During the late 1930s and early 1940s young Joe lived inwith ahis modest [[Jewish-American]] family in [[Rockaway Beach, Queens|Rockaway Beach]]. His mother always listened to ''Breakfast with Irene and Roger''. His father kept his occupation secret. Joe later found out that he was ashamed of being a taxi driver. Other family members were Uncle Abe and Aunt Ceil, grandpa and grandma, and Aunt Bea. The latter was a serial dater, always on the lookout for a potential husband.

Joe's own favourite radio show was ''The Masked Avenger''. It made him dream of buying a [[secret decoder ring]]. In Joe's fantasy the Masked Avenger looked like a hero, but in reality the voice actor was short and bald. Other radio memories are stories about sporting heroes, news bulletins about [[World War II]], a report of ana extraterrestrialMartian invasion, and a live report of the search for a little girl who fell into a well.

The film's [[soundtrack]], which features songs from the 1930s and 40s, plays an integral part in the plot. It was released in 1987 by RCA Victor on [[LP record]] through their Novus soundtrack imprint, and also on [[Compact Cassette|cassette]] and [[compact disc]] in 1987.

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''Radio Days'' holds a 9093% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]], with an average score of 78.900/10 from 2940 reviews.<ref>{{rotten-tomatoes|radio_days|Radio Days}}</ref> In his four-star review, noted critic [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' described ''Radio Days'' as Allen’s answer to [[Federico Fellini]]’s ''[[Amarcord]]'' and referred to it as "so ambitious and so audacious that it almost defies description. It's a kaleidoscope of dozens of characters, settings and scenes - the most elaborate production Allen has ever made - and it's inexhaustible, spinning out one delight after another."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/radio-days-1987 | work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] | title=Radio Days | date=January 30, 1987 | access-date=August 25, 2014 | archive-date=August 26, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114809/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/radio-days-1987 | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Vincent Canby]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' referred to Allen as the "prodigal cinema resource" and spoke of the film saying, "''Radio Days'' [...] is as free in form as it is generous of spirit."<ref>{{cite web |last=Canby |first=Vincent |author-link=Vincent Canby |title=Woody Allen's Fond Remembrances Of 'Radio Days' |work=The New York Times |date=January 30, 1987 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DE0D81E31F933A05752C0A961948260 |access-date=August 25, 2014 |archive-date=August 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120536/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DE0D81E31F933A05752C0A961948260 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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