Behind the multi-faceted media mask hides a shadowy, elusive figure. A star of international fame for whom entering a crowded room is an agonising ordeal. A comic genius with twenty-five years of psychoanalysis behind him. From the psychiatrist's couch to the arms of beautiful women, Gerald McKnight explores the paradox of Woody Allen; unearthing previously unknown information about the man whose childhood ambition was to be a lavatory attendant ... Extensive interviews with close friends and associates give fascinating insight into the making of the man everybody loves - including some of the world's most sought-after women: Diane Keaton, Charlotte Rampling, Mia Farrow - but whom nobody knows.