Strangely inane passage in American film (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
annie hall
'american film' is the definition.
'annie hall' can be an answer for 'film' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'american' bit.
'strangely inane passage' is the wordplay.
'strangely' indicates anagramming the letters.
'passage' becomes 'hall' (hall is a kind of passage).
'inane' with letters rearranged gives 'annie'.
'annie'+'hall'='ANNIE HALL'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for annie hall that I've seen before include "Film" , "Picture" .)