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Hannah And Her Sisters
on DVD (1986)
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| Starring: |
Woody Allen, Michael Caine, Mia Farrow, Carrie Fisher, Barbara Hershey, Lloyd Nolan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Daniel Stern |
| Director: |
Woody Allen |
| Studio: |
MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time: |
102 mins |
| Certificate: |
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| User collections: |
10 Great Multi-Plot Films., For no other reason than I can., Ultimate 20 titles, An a-z of cinema, Woody Allen Classic, favourite films, I'm way too clever and arty to like these films |
| Genres: |
Comedy |
| Languages: |
English |
| Dubbed: |
French, German, Italian, Spanish |
| Hearing-impaired: |
English, German |
| Subtitles: |
Dutch, French, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Released: |
19/08/2002
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Brief synopsis of Hannah And Her Sisters
Woody Allen combined the best parts of his earlier films in creating HANNAH AND HER SISTERS, his 1986 masterwork about the changing relationships among three sisters living in New York City. Hannah (Mia Farrow) has put her acting career aside in order to take care of her family with second husband Elliot (Michael Caine in an Oscar-winning performance). Elliot has fallen in love with Hannah's sister Lee (Barbara Hershey), who herself is feeling suffocated by her cynical, mean-spirited loner of a lover, played with great intensity by Ingmar Bergman regular Max von Sydow. Meanwhile, third sister Holly (Oscar winnner Dianne Wiest) is struggling to find her own voice, working as a caterer while she tries to get her own acting career going. And in the middle of everything is Mickey (Woody Allen at his most neurotic), a television writer who is divorced from Hannah, has dated Holly, and, when he suspects he might have a brain tumor, decides to reevaluate his life and his faith in God.
HANNAH AND HER SISTERS is Allen's most fully realized, optimistic adult comedy. He won a well-deserved Oscar for his marvelous screenplay, filled with his trademark sharp, witty dialogue, his undying passion for New York (its culture, architecture, music, romance), and some of his most well developed characters. The cast is extraordinary, the music illuminating, the settings magnificent. Taking place over the course of a few Thanksgivings, Allen's insightful, wonderful film is a thoroughly enjoyable mature look at the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of family life.
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Critics Reviews
Radio Times
True creativity means that an artist can mine the same seam time after time and still come up with something fresh. Targeting once again the arty, neurotic residents of New York with his familiar, exhilarating combination of melancholy sentiment and witty cynicism, Woody Allen relishes their foibles and celebrates their triumphs, backing up his tale with some touching period tunes. Michael Caine and Dianne Wiest (both Oscar-winners), not to mention Woody himself, playing a hypochondriac, can do no wrong. This comedy drama sees Allen in complete control of his enormous talent.
Halliwell's Film Guide
Even though it has nowhere in particular to go, and certain scenes are over the top, this is a brilliantly assembled and thoroughly enjoyable mélange of fine acting and New Yorkish one-liners, with particularly sharp editing and a nostalgic music score.
Los Angeles Times
"...Mellow, beautiful, rich and brimming with love, HANNAH is the best Woody Allen yet and, quite simply, a great film..."
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