Hannah and Her Sisters
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Hannah and Her Sisters is a 1986 film directed by Woody Allen. It won an Academy Award for its screenplay and is described as a complex modern romance that explores the relationships and struggles of three couples. The film features an ensemble cast, including Mia Farrow as Hannah, Michael Caine as her husband who is infatuated with one of Hannah's sisters, Barbara Hershey, and Dianne Wiest as another sister. Woody Allen himself plays Hannah's ex-husband in the film.1
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Michael CaineMona Lisa (1986), Woody Allen’s Hannah and Her Sisters (1986; Academy Award for best supporting actor), Without a Clue (1988), and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988). By the end of the 20th century, Caine had appeared in more than 100 films. He won his second best-supporting-actor Oscar for The Cider House…
Read MoreMona Lisa (1986), Woody Allen’s Hannah and Her Sisters (1986; Academy Award for best supporting actor), Without a Clue (1988), and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988). By the end of the 20th century, Caine had appeared in more than 100 films. He won his second best-supporting-actor Oscar for The Cider House…
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Mia FarrowFilms with Woody Allen…Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Radio Days (1987), and Husbands and Wives (1992). These performances won her critical praise.
Read More…Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Radio Days (1987), and Husbands and Wives (1992). These performances won her critical praise.
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Carrie Fisher…with One Red Shoe (1985), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), and When Harry Met Sally… (1989).
Read More…with One Red Shoe (1985), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), and When Harry Met Sally… (1989).
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Julia Louis-DreyfusEarly life and SNL…more notably, in Woody Allen’s Hannah and Her Sisters.
Read More…more notably, in Woody Allen’s Hannah and Her Sisters.
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Maureen O’Sullivandaughter, Mia Farrow—in Hannah and Her Sisters.
Read Moredaughter, Mia Farrow—in Hannah and Her Sisters.
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Dianne Wiest…flighty cocaine-snorting Holly, in his Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), and her performance in that film earned her an Academy Award for best supporting actress and a nomination for the Golden Globe Award. She was nominated for a BAFTA Award for her role as the protagonist’s maiden aunt in Allen’s…
Read More…flighty cocaine-snorting Holly, in his Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), and her performance in that film earned her an Academy Award for best supporting actress and a nomination for the Golden Globe Award. She was nominated for a BAFTA Award for her role as the protagonist’s maiden aunt in Allen’s…
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