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| Year: | 1986 |
| Rating: | 7.9(20792) |
| Listed in: | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Directed by: | Woody Allen |
| Actors: | Michael Caine Barbara Hershey Carrie Fisher Mia Farrow Dianne Wiest Maureen O'Sullivan |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Woody Allen | |
| Actors | |
| Michael Caine | as Elliot |
| Lloyd Nolan | as Evan |
| Max von Sydow | as Frederick |
| Woody Allen | as Mickey |
| Lewis Black | as Paul |
| Christian Clemenson | as Larry |
| J.T. Walsh | as Ed Smythe |
| John Turturro | as Writer |
| Rusty Magee | as Ron |
| Allen DeCheser | as Hannah's Twins |
| Artie DeCheser | as Hannah's Twins |
| Ira Wheeler | as Dr. Abel |
| Richard Jenkins | as Dr. Wilkes |
| Fred Melamed | as Dr. Grey |
| Benno Schmidt | as Dr. Smith |
| Daniel Stern | as Dusty |
| Stephen De Fluiter | as Dr. Brooks |
| The 39 Steps | as Rock Band |
| Bobby Short | as Himself |
| Rob Scott | as Drummer |
| Beverly Peer | as Bass Player |
| Moses Farrow | as Hannah's Child |
| Paul Bates | as Theater Manager |
| Carrotte | as Theater Executive |
| Bernie Leighton | as Audition Pianist |
| Ken Costigan | as Father Flynn |
| Leo Postrel | as Mickey's Father |
| William Sturgis | as Elliot's Analyst |
| Daniel Haber | as Krishna |
| John Doumanian | as Thanksgiving Guest |
| Fletcher Farrow Previn | as Thanksgiving Guest |
| Irwin Tenenbaum | as Thanksgiving Guest |
| Dickson Shaw | as Thanksgiving Guest |
| Ivan Kronenfeld | as Lee's Husband |
| Chris Barry | as Vocalist with The 39 Steps |
| Michael Bramon | as Drummer with The 39 Steps |
| Joe Cerratto | as Bassist with The 39 Steps |
| Pierre Major | as Guitarist with The 39 Steps |
| Richard Paul | as Guitarist with The 39 Steps |
| Tony Roberts | as Norman - Mickey's Ex-partner |
| Sam Waterston | as David |
| Actresses | |
| Barbara Hershey | as Lee |
| Carrie Fisher | as April |
| Mia Farrow | as Hannah |
| Dianne Wiest | as Holly |
| Maureen O'Sullivan | as Norma |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | as Mary |
| Julie Kavner | as Gail |
| Tracy Kennedy | as Brunch Guest |
| Joanna Gleason | as Carol |
| Maria Chiara | as Manon Lescaut |
| Daisy Previn | as Hannah's Child |
| Mary Pappas | as Theater Executive |
| Helen Miller | as Mickey's Mother |
| Susan Gordon-Clark | as Hostess |
| Verna O. Hobson | as Mavis |
| Amy Greenhill | as Thanksgiving Guest |
| Marje Sheridan | as Thanksgiving Guest |
| Soon-Yi Previn | as Thanksgiving Guest |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | 1984 - |
| Budget: | USD 6,400,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 8,946,747 USD (2 March 1986) |
| Plot: | During a Thanksgiving Day party we make aquaintance with a numerous and problematic family. The leading characters are three sisters: Lee, the woman of Frederick, an old misanthrope painter; Holly, who dreams of becoming a writer, or an actress, or who knows who...; Hannah, famous actress, beautiful, intelligent, good mother, good wife, good sister, in short perfect, the pivot of the family. The balance begins to break up when Hannah's husband, Elliot, falls in love with Lee, who leaves Frederick. Holly goes through a deep crisis and meets Mickey, the former husband of Hannah, a hipocondriac TV producer. The affairs evolve and at the last Thanksgiving ... |
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Original Soundtracks
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"Manon Lescaut" (1893) ("Sola, perduta abandonato" segment) Music by Giacomo Puccini (as Puccini) Filmed at the Regio Theatre of Turin, Italy Performed by Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino (as The Orchestra of the Regio Theatre) with Maria Chiara (uncredited) Conducted by Angelo Campoli Directed by Carlo Maestrini Set by Pasquale Grossi Costumes by Tirelli Costumes, Rome "You Made Me Love You" (1913) Music by James V. Monaco Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy Performed by Harry James Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc "I've Heard That Song Before" (1942) Music by Jule Styne Lyrics by Sammy Cahn Performed by Harry James Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered" (1940) (Onscreen as "Bewitched") Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Lorenz Hart Performed by Lloyd Nolan (uncredited) and Maureen O'Sullivan (uncredited) "Just You, Just Me" (1929) Music by Jesse Greer Lyrics by Raymond Klages Performed by Dick Hyman (uncredited) on piano "Where or When" (1937) Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Lorenz Hart "Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra in D minor, BWV 1043: Vivace" (1717-23) Music by Johann Sebastian Bach (as J.S. Bach) Performed by The Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra Conducted by Vasil Kazandzhiev (as Vassil Kazandjiev) Solo violins by Georgi Badev & Stoika Milanova Courtesy of Monitor Records "Back to the Apple" (1959) Written by Frank Foster & Count Basie Performed by Count Basie and His Orchestra (as Count Basie & His Orchestra) Courtesy of Roulette Records, Inc. "The Trot" Written by Benny Carter Performed by Count Basie and His Orchestra (as Count Basie & His Orchestra) Courtesy of Roulette Records, Inc. "I Remember You" (1942) Music by Victor Schertzinger Lyrics by Johnny Mercer Performed by Dave Brubeck Courtesy of Fantasy Records "Madama Butterfly" (1904) Music by Giacomo Puccini (as Puccini) Performed by Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (as Roma Opera Chorus & Orchestra) Conducted by John Barbirolli (as Sir John Barbirolli) Courtesy of EMI Records, Inc. "Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1056" Music by Johann Sebastian Bach (as J.S. Bach) Performed by Gustav Leonhardt (as Leonhardt Gustav) Leonhardt - Consort Courtesy of Teldec Schallplatten GMBH "You Are Too Beautiful" (1932) Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Lorenz Hart Performed by Derek Smith (uncredited) "If I Had You" (1928) Written by Jimmy Campbell , Reginald Connelly (as Reg Connelly) and Ted Shapiro Performed by Roy Eldridge "I'm in Love Again" (1924) Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter Performed by Bobby Short (uncredited) "I'm Old Fashioned" (1942) Music by Jerome Kern Lyrics by Johnny Mercer Sung by Dianne Wiest (uncredited) "The Way You Look Tonight" (1936) Music by Jerome Kern Lyrics by Dorothy Fields Sung by Carrie Fisher (uncredited) "It Could Happen to You" (1944) Music Jimmy Van Heusen (as James Van Heusen) Lyrics by Johnny Burke Performed by Dick Hyman (uncredited) on piano "Polkadots and Moonbeams" (1940) Music Jimmy Van Heusen (as James Van Heusen) Lyrics by Johnny Burke Performed by Dick Hyman (uncredited) on piano "Avalon" (1920) Music by Vincent Rose (based on "E lucevan le stelle" from the opera "Tosca" by Giacomo Puccini (uncredited)) Lyrics by Al Jolson & Buddy G. DeSylva (as B.G. De Sylva) Performed by Dick Hyman (uncredited) on piano "Isn't It Romantic" Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Lorenz Hart Performed by Derek Smith (uncredited) "Slip Into the Crowd" (uncredited) Music and lyrics by Michael Bramon Performed by Michael Bramon and The 39 Steps "Concerto a cembalo concertato BWV 1056, II: Largo" (uncredited) Music by Johann Sebastian Bach Performed by Gustav Leonhardt Teldec Schallplatten GMBH "Freedonia's Going To War" (1933) (uncredited) Music by Harry Ruby Lyrics by Bert Kalmar Excerpt Performed by Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx and Harpo Marx with chorus "Concerto for Harpsichord in A major, BWV 1055" (uncredited) Music by Johann Sebastian Bach Performed on piano |
Goofs
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Crew: Dolly tracks visible when the camera pulls back in the living room. BOOM: When Lee returns home to tell Frederick she wants to leave him, as she moves across the room a microphone and boom can be seen near the floor poking out from behind the kitchen island. |
Quotes
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[Frederick is talking about TV] Frederick: You see the whole culture. Nazis, deodorant salesmen, wrestlers, beauty contests, a talk show. Can you imagine the level of a mind that watches wrestling? But the worst are the fundamentalist preachers. Third grade con men telling the poor suckers that watch them that they speak with Jesus, and to please send in money. Money, money, money! If Jesus came back and saw what's going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up. Gail: Listen, kid, I think you snapped your cap. Maybe you need a few weeks in Bermuda or something. Or go to a whorehouse! Mickey: And Nietzsche, with his theory of eternal recurrence. He said that the life we lived we're gonna live over again the exact same way for eternity. Great. That means I'll have to sit through the Ice Capades again. Mickey's Father: How the hell do I know why there were Nazis? I don't know how the can opener works! Mickey: A week ago I bought a rifle, I went to the store - I bought a rifle! I was gonna, you know, if they told me I had a tumor, I was gonna kill myself. The only thing that might-ve stopped me - MIGHT'VE - is that my parents would be devastated. I would have to shoot them also, first. And then I have an aunt and uncle - you know - it would've been a blood bath. [after learning Mickey is infertile] Hannah: Could you have ruined yourself somehow? Mickey: How could I ruin myself? Hannah: I don't know. Excessive masturbation? Mickey: You gonna start knockin' my hobbies? Frederick: You missed a very dull TV show on Auschwitz. More gruesome film clips, and more puzzled intellectuals declaring their mystification over the systematic murder of millions. The reason they can never answer the question "How could it possibly happen?" is that it's the wrong question. Given what people are, the question is "Why doesn't it happen more often?" Mickey: I had a great evening; it was like the Nuremberg Trials. Mickey: I'm afraid once they're done singing they're gonna take hostages! Mickey: I'll be the father, all you have to do is masturbate into a little cup. Mickey: [watching joggers in Central Park] Look at all these people, trying to stave off the inevitable decay of their bodies. Norma: It's a good thing that we had a talented daughter! Evan: I can only hope that she was mine! With you as her mother, her father could be anybody in Actor's Equity! Holly: Don't you just love songs about extra-terrestrial life? Mickey: Not if they're sung by extra-terrestrials. Mickey's Father: And you're gonna believe in Jesus Christ? Mickey: I know - sounds funny. But, I'm gonna give it a try. Gail: Two months ago, you thought you had a malignant melanoma. Mickey: Naturally, I, I- Do you know I- The sudden appearance of a black spot on my back! Gail: It was on your shirt! Mickey: I- How was I to know? Everyone was pointing back here. Evan: Then at lunch she got drunker and drunker and finally she became Joan Collins! Elliot: For all my education, accomplishments and so-called wisdom, I can't fathom my own heart. Frederick: I'm not interested in what your interior decorator thinks, okay? Dusty: I can't commit to anything without consulting her first. That's what I have her for, okay? Frederick: This is degrading. You don't buy paintings to blend in with the sofa. Dusty: It's not a sofa - it's an ottoman! Mickey: One day about a month ago, I really hit bottom. Ya know I just felt that in a Godless universe I didn't wanna go on living. Now I happen to own this rifle, which I loaded believe it or not, and pressed it to my forehead. And I remember thinking, I'm gonna kill myself. Then I thought, what if I'm wrong, what if there is a God. I mean, after all nobody really knows that. Then I thought no, ya know maybe is not good enough, I want certainty or nothing. And I remember very clearly, the clock was ticking, and I was sitting there frozen with the gun to my head, debating whether to shoot. [gun fires] All of a sudden the gun went off. I had been so tense my finger squeezed the trigger inadvertantly. But I was perspiring so much the gun had slid off my forehead and missed me. Suddenly neighbors were pounding on the door, and I dunno the whole scene was just pandemonium. I ran to the door, I didn't know what to say. I was embarrassed and confused and my mind was racing a mile a minute. And I just knew one thing I had to get out of that house, I had to just get out in the fresh air and clear my head. I remember very clearly I walked the streets, I walked and I walked I didn't know what was going through my mind, it all seemed so violent and unreal to me. I wandered for a long time on the upper west side, it must have been hours. My feet hurt, my head was pounding, and I had to sit down I went into a movie house. I didn't know what was playing or anything I just needed a moment to gather my thoughts and be logical and put the world back into rational perspective. And I went upstairs to the balcony, and I sat down, and the movie was a film that I'd seen many times in my life since I was a kid, and I always loved it. I'm watching these people up on the screen and I started getting hooked on the film. I started to feel, how can you even think of killing yourself, I mean isn't it so stupid. Look at all the people up there on the screen, they're real funny, and what if the worst is true. What if there is no God and you only go around once and that's it. Well, ya know, don't you wanna be part of the experience? You know, what the hell it's not all a drag. And I'm thinking to myself, Jeez, I should stop ruining my life searching for answers I'm never gonna get, and just enjoy it while it lasts. And after who knows, I mean maybe there is something, nobody really knows. I know maybe is a very slim reed to hang your whole life on, but that's the best we have. And then I started to sit back, and I actually began to enjoy myself. Holly: Naturally I get taken home first. Well, obviously he prefers April. Of course I was so tongue-tied all night. I can't believe I said that about the Guggenheim,. My stupid rollerskating joke. I should never tell jokes. Mom can tell 'em and Hannah, but I kill 'em. [Glaring at the offscreen April's back] Where did April come up with that stuff about Adolph Loos and terms like "organic form"? [Looking out to the side window, pausing for a moment] Well, naturally. She went to Brandeis. But I don't think she knows what she's talking about. Could you believe the way she was calling him David? "Yes, David. I feel that way, too, David. What a marvelous space, David." I hate April. She's pushy. [first lines] Elliot: God, she's beautiful. She's got the prettiest eyes. She looks so sexy in that sweater. I just want to be alone with her and hold her and kiss her and tell her how much I love her and take care of her. Stop it you idiot, she's your wife's sister. But I can't help it. I'm consumed by her. It's been months now. I dream about her, I - I - I think about her at the office. Oh Lee, what am I gonna do? I hear myself moaning over you and it's disgusting. Before, when she squeezed past me at the doorway and I smelt that perfume on the back of her neck - Jesus, I - I thought I was gonna swoon. Easy! You're a dignified financial advisor. It doesn't look good for you to swoon. [last lines] Mickey: You know, I was talking to your father before, and I was telling him that it's ironic I, I - used to always have Thanksgiving with Hannah, and I never thought that I could love anybody else. And here it is years later and I'm married to you and completely in love with you. The heart is a very, very resilient little muscle, it really is, I - make a great story, I think, guy marries one sister, doesn't work out, many years later he winds up married to the other sister, it's. You know, to - how you gonna top that? Hmm. Holly: Mickey. Mickey: Mmm, what? Holly: I'm pregnant. |
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