Hannah and Her Sisters [Blu-ray]

Director: Woody Allen

Overview

A Woody Allen Manhattan mosaic, Hannah and Her Sisters concerns the lives, loves, and infidelities among a tightly-knit artistic clan. Hannah (Mia Farrow) regularly meets with her sisters Holly (Dianne Wiest) and Lee (Barbara Hershey) to discuss the week's events. It's what they don't always tell each other that forms the film's various subplots. Hannah is married to accountant and financial planner Elliot (Michael Caine), who carries a torch for Lee, who in turn lives with pompous Soho artist Frederick (Max Von Sydow). Meanwhile, Holly, a neurotic actress and eternal loser in love, dates TV producer Mickey (Allen), who used to be married to Hannah and spends most of the film convinced that he's about to die. Appearing in supporting parts are Lloyd Nolan and Maureen O'Sullivan (Farrow's real mom), as the eternally bickering husband-and-wife acting team who are the parents of Hannah and her sisters. The film begins and ends during the family's traditional Thanksgiving dinner, filmed in Farrow's actual New York apartment. Unbilled cameos are contributed by Sam Waterston as one of Wiest's brief amours and Tony Roberts as one of Allen's friends. Hannah and Her Sisters collected Oscars for Michael Caine, Dianne Wiest, and Woody Allen's screenplay.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/15/2013
UPC:	0883904284901
Original Release:	1986
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Mgm (Video & Dvd)
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:47:00
Sales rank:	18,663

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Woody Allen	Mickey
Mia Farrow	Hannah,Hannah's Child
Barbara Hershey	Lee
Dianne Wiest	Holly
Michael Caine	Elliot
Carrie Fisher	April
Lloyd Nolan	Hannah's Father
Maureen O'Sullivan	Hannah's Mother
Daniel Stern	Dusty
Max von Sydow	Frederick
Lewis Black	Paul
The 39 Steps	Rock Band
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Mary
Christian Clemenson	Larry
Julie Kavner	Gail
J.T. Walsh	Ed Smythe
John Turturro	Writer
Rusty Magee	Ron
Allen DeCheser	Hannah's Twin,Hannah's Twin
Ira Wheeler	Dr. Abel
Richard Jenkins	Dr. Wilkes
Tracy Kennedy	Brunch Guest
Fred Melamed	Dr. Grey
Benno Schmidt	Dr. Smith
Joanna Gleason	Carol
Maria Chiara	Manon Lescaut
Stephen Defluiter	Dr. Brooks
Bobby Short	Himself
Rob Scott	Drummer
Beverly Peer	Bass Player
Daisy Previn	Hannah's Child,Thanksgiving Guest
Paul Bates	Theater Manager
Carrotte	Theater Executive
Mary Pappas	Theater Executive
Bernie Leighton	Audition Pianist
Ken Costigan	Father Flynn
Helen Miller	Mickey's Mother
Leo Postrel	Mickey's Father
Susan Gordon-Clark	Hostess
William Sturgis	Elliot's Analyst
Daniel Haber	Krishna
Verno O. Hobson	Mavis
John Doumanian	Thanksgiving Guest
Irwin Tenenbaum	Thanksgiving Guest
Sam Waterston	David
Amy Greenhill	Thanksgiving Guest
Dickson Shaw	Thanksgiving Guest
Marje Sheridan	Thanksgiving Guest
Ivan Kronenfeld	Lee's Husband

Technical Credits

Woody Allen

Woody Allen	Screenwriter
Robert Greenhut	Producer
Charles H. Joffe	Executive Producer
Jack Rollins	Executive Producer
Lee Dichter	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

The film that, in the words of one critic, established Woody Allen as the urban poet of our anxiety-ridden age, Hannah and Her Sisters was Allen's most accomplished film since Manhattan. Returning Allen to the landscape of his beloved Manhattan, Hannah was a warm, perceptive, deeply human affair with a distinctly Chekhovian feel (starting from its three sisters motif), a dramatic comedy that elevated longing, discontent, and hope into a kind of artistic expression. The film seemed to differ from Allen's previous works in its attitude; with Hannah, he seemed to reach a state of contentment, pleasing himself as he pleased his audience. The cinema's undisputed kingpin of neurosis and self-doubt, Allen had always produced material that was dependably quick-witted and literate, but tinged with perpetual dissatisfaction. With Hannah, Allen finally appeared to be enjoying himself, and in so doing he set a new standard for both himself and other comedy filmmakers. Rich, intricately detailed, and novel-like in its narrative scope, it was perhaps Allen's most complete and satisfying film, taking its cues from his past work while beckoning in new directions for the future.