Dash and Lilly Movie Review 1999

Depicts the 30-year love affair between hard-drinking, promiscuous writers Dashiell Hammett (Shepard) and Lillian Hellman (Davis). Meeting in the 1930s, the successful Hammett becomes the up-and-coming Hellman's mentor. Though both are married, they also begin an affair. Eventually, their positions are reversed as Hammett's career declines and, after serving in WWII, he becomes increasingly plagued by ill health. Meanwhile, playwright Hellman has her own trials when she's blacklisted in the '50s during the Red Scare.

Distribution

A&E Home Video, PO Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407, Toll-free: 888-423-1212, Fax: (802)864-9846, Email: homevideo@aetv.com, URL: http://www.aetv.com

Available on VHS
Running time 100 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Drama, Writers, Biopics: Writers, Period Piece: 20th Century, On the Rocks, Red Scare

Screenplay

Jerry Ludwig

Cast

Sam Shepard, Judy Davis, David Paymer, Bebe Neuwirth, Laurence Luckinbill, Zeljko Ivanek, Ned Eisenberg, Mark Zimmerman

Cinematography

Bruce Surtees

Director

Kathy Bates

Music

Laura Karpman

Producer

Stan Margulies, Stan Margulies, Granada International Productions Ltd., A&E (Arts & Entertainment) Network