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A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.


“Every family has a few hang-ups.”
Three sisters - Georgia, Eve, and Maddy - do what they do best with life, love, and lunacy on the telephone lines that bind - when their curmudgeonly father, Lou, is admitted to a Los Angeles Hospital. After years of wild living, intermittent affection, and constant phoning, he is finally threatening to die.

Meg Ryan
Eve Mozell Marks

Diane Keaton
Georgia Mozell

Lisa Kudrow
Maddy Mozell

Walter Matthau
Lou Mozell

Adam Arkin
Joe Marks

Jesse James
Jesse Marks

Shaun Duke
Dr. Omar Kunundar
Ann Bortolotti
Ogmed Kunundar

Cloris Leachman
Pat Mozell

Maree Cheatham
Angie
Hanging Up is a drama, comedy film released in 2000 exploring themes of sibling relationship, based on true story, hospital, los angeles, california, dog, heartbreak. Directed by Diane Keaton, it stars Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton, Lisa Kudrow. Three sisters - Georgia, Eve, and Maddy - do what they do best with life, love, and lunacy on the telephone lines that bind - when their curmudgeonly father, Lou, is admitted to a Los Angeles Hospital. After years of wild living, intermittent affection, and constant phoning, he is finally threatening to die.
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