This was Woody Allen’s first movie to direct on his own. (He also wrote it and starred in it.)

My husband and I were laughing hysterically at his attempts to play the cello in a marching band, the side effect of temporarily becoming a rabbi, and his get away attempt with the chain gang!

The film is presented as a mockumentary. Allen said that he had always wanted to try the format because any little silly thing you do is funny set against the seriousness of the pseudo-documentary format.