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Mighty Aphrodite

1995 95 min Comedy, Romance

When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute and porn star, Lenny is determined to reform her immoral lifestyle. A Greek chorus chimes in to relate the plot to Greek mythology in this quirky comedy.

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1 nomination

  • 1995 WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) Woody Allen

budget $15,000,000 earnings $26,000,000 return 1.7x

director Woody Allen

writer Woody Allen

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