Dash and Lilly (1999)

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Country: UK, USA
Genres: Drama
Release: 1999-05-31
Director: Kathy Bates (I)
Writers: Jerrold L. Ludwig
Language: English
Stars: Sam Shepard , Judy Davis (I) , Bebe Neuwirth , Laurence Luckinbill , David Paymer , Zeljko Ivanek , Ned Eisenberg , Mark Zimmerman , Victor A. Young , Stephanie Morgenstern
Runtime: 100 min
Awards: Nominated for 9 Primetime Emmys. 1 win & 15 nominations total
AKA: 三十年の愛ハメット＆ヘルマン (Japan) , Dash i Lilly (Poland) , Dash and Lilly , Dash and Lilly (United Kingdom) , Даш и Лили (Bulgaria) , Dash ja Lilly (Finland)
Plot: Biographical look at the bombastic love affair that writers Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman shared in 1940 and 50's Hollywood. Refusing to marry, but deeply in love, the two engaged in many affairs and battled the bottle. Dashiell served in both World wars, but in the 1950's, he was branded a Communist and cast into prison during the McCarthy witch hunts. Hellman likewise was branded a Communist, but was kept out of prison. Neither were able to work, requiring Lillian to take a job as a sales-woman in a boutique while Dashiell suffered from tuberculosis and eventually lung cancer. Bebe Neuwirth also appears as socialite-writer Dorothy Parker.
IMDB:tt0171214