Dash and Lilly (TV) (TV)
- Original title
- Dash and Lilly
- Year
- 1999
- Running time
- 100 min.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Sam Shepard
- Judy Davis
- Bebe Neuwirth
- Laurence Luckinbill
- David Paymer
- Zeljko Ivanek
- Ned Eisenberg
- Mark Zimmerman
- Victor A. Young
- Stephanie Morgenstern
- Yank Azman
- Alex Fallis
- Peter Langley
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production United Kingdom-United States;
- Genre
- Drama | Based on a true story. TV Movie
- Synopsis
- 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.
- Awards
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1999: Emmy: 9 Nominations, Including Best TV Movie, Directing and Screenplay1999: Golden Globes: 3 nominations, including Best Mini-Series or TV Picture1999: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Nominated for Best TV Movie1999: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Best Original Screenplay (Long Form)
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