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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: HERSHEY/FISHER/CAINE/FARROW/WI
EAN: 9780792851264
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792851269
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 06, 2001
Running Time: 107 minutes
Sales Rank: 5358
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: February 07, 1986
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Product Description:
An intimate look at three sisters and the relationships they have with each other and the men in their lives.
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Media Type: DVD
Artist: HERSHEY/FISHER/CAINE/FARROW/WI
Title: HANNAH & HER SISTERS
Street Release Date: 09/21/2004
Domestic
Genre: COMEDY VIDEO
Amazon.com essential video:
Considered by many to be Woody Allen's best film, even over Annie Hall. Hannah and Her Sisters follows a multitude of characters: Hannah (Mia Farrow), who plays den mother to her extended family; her sister Lee (Barbara Hershey), emotional and a bit of a flake, who's involved with a much older artist (Max Von Sydow), who treats her like a child; and Hannah's other sister, Holly (Dianne Wiest), a neurotic who feels incapable of managing her life. Hannah's husband Elliot (Michael Caine) falls in love with Lee, which sets off a series of upheavals. Allen gives one of his best performances as Hannah's ex-husband Mickey, who--much like Allen himself--is obsessed with death and unhappiness. But a simple summary doesn't begin to capture the warmth and intimacy of this movie; though the story follows a capsizing family, the outcome is surprising, joyous, and richly human. --Bret Fetzer
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Rating:  - Funny and heartwarming.
Hannah and Her Sisters is Woody Allen's third best film (Annie Hall and Manhattan are 1 and 2) I liked this film, it is quirky and touching. The best performance goes to Dianne Weist, she is such a natural, she's cute and refreshing in this film. Michael Caine is also good as well, I just wish Mia Farrow wasn't in this, she brings down the film with her sour facial expressions. Lovely romantic comedy for new and old fans of Allen's work.
Rating:  - A film that has everything it needs; a complete package to put it bluntly...
I have not seen a lot of Woody Allen movies; he's one of those directors that I really need to research and dive into. I've seen `Match Point' and loved it, and I've see `The Sweet and Lowdown' and thought it was decent, but his classics like `Annie Hall' and `Hannah and her Sisters' had truly gone unseen by my eyes. Then last weekend I decided to look into some of Allen's films and I came across `Hannah and her Sisters'. Now, as a huge fan of Michael Caine, and knowing that he won the Oscar for his performance in this film, I quickly grabbed this DVD and brought it home. To my astonishment, `Hannah and her Sisters' is not just a good movie, it is a phenomenal movie.
Hannah is the most stable and successful of the three sisters focused on in this film. She is married, has a home, a career and children. Her sister Holly is struggling to become an actress and is often borrowing money from Hannah to support her `struggles'. Their youngest sister Lee is living with an ornery artist whom Lee wishes she could build the courage to leave. Holly resents Hannah for her success; resentment that is mostly misplaced and obviously stems from self-loathing. Hannah's husband Elliot has fallen in love with Lee and entertains the idea of an affair but lacks the courage to really do something about it. Hannah's ex-husband Mickey is a hypochondriac who fears he is dying and, in the process of trying to find himself, begins to rekindle a past romance with Holly.
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Rating:  - ok
It is OK movie to watch, but it is not the best from Woody Allen.
Rating: - "Great. That means I'll have to sit through the Ice Capades again."
It is impossible to truly describe the plot of this film because there are so many separate but interrelated stories going on at once. The primary story consists of sisters Leigh (Barbara Hershey) and Hannah (Mia Farrow) who share a common bond besides blood; Hannah's husband (Michael Cane) is in love with Leigh. It begins innocently enough with a casual flirtation over common interest and escalates into a full-on affair. There is chaos in the family too. Third sister Holly (Dianne Weist) is a recovering cocaine addict and struggling actress whose problems cause frequent rifts in the family. Finally, Hannah's ex-husband (Woody Allen) is a neurotic hypochondriac who believes he is dying of a brain tumor.
As this is my first exposure to Allen, I was surprised to find myself enjoying his character the most. The media paints a negative portrait of him because of his eccentricities, his praise from film buffs, and his marriage to his adopted daughter. However, this film proves that he is an astute film-maker, and an effective actor. His scene in the movie theater watching The Marx Brothers perform is the most memorable and heartwarming scene in the film.
There are other little surprises for film fans. Hannah and Her Sisters teams mother and daughter actresses Maureen O'Sullivan and Farrow together as mother and daughter. Their scenes are interesting, and O'Sullivan is highly entertaining along fellow classic film star Lloyd Nolan who plays her husband.
Rating: - Considered Woody Allen's best film.
Hannah and Her Sisters is considered by many critics (including Roger Ebert) to be Woody Allen's finest film. (My personal favorite is Manhattan, but Hannah is a close second.) It is a romantic comedy with dramatic undertones that tells the intertwined stories of Hannah (Mia Farrow ) and her two sisters (Barbara Hershey and Dianne Wiest). The film takes place over a one-year period beginning and ending with a Thanksgiving dinner party hosted by Hannah and her accountant husband Elliot (Michael Caine). Elliot, we discover, is having an affair with one of Hannah's sisters, Lee (Hershey). Hannah's ex-husband Mickey (Allen) brings comic relief to the film. He is a neurotic, hypochondriac, television executive in the midst of a full-blown existential crisis, obsessed with death and his unhappiness. Mickey is not much different than the characters Allen plays in Annie Hall and Manhattan. He is involved with Hannah's other sister, Holly (Wiest), who has a fondness for cocaine. Other actors appearing in the ensemble film include Carrie Fisher, Max von Sydow, Julie Kavner, Lewis Black, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, John Turturro, Tony Roberts, and Sam Waterston. Of all, Allen's character is the most interesting in my opinion.
G. Merritt
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