San Marcos, the Latin American country Allen's character leads in revolution, is fictional.
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Asked why this film is called BANANAS, director-star-cowriter Woody Allen simply replied, "Because there are no bananas in it."
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The film at one time was going to be called EL WEIRDO.
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Theatrical Release: April 28, 1971
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Sylvester Stallone plays a small part as a hoodlum terrifying an old woman on the subway.
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Woody Allen and Louise Lasser were married from 1966 to 1969.
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Fielding (Woody Allen) and Yolanda (Natividad Abascal) have a riotous eating scene that parodies the famous food scene in TOM JONES, which won the 1963 Best Picture Oscar. Coincidentally, the next comedy to win the Best Picture Oscar was 1977's ANNIE HALL, which Allen cowrote, directed, and starred in.
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Jacobo Morales, who played the dictator, eventually went on to direct DIOS LOS CRIA (1980), the first Puerto Rican feature film.
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BANANAS is number 69 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100
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