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Hanging Up

Hanging Up

Every family has a few hang-ups.

20005.21h 34m

Overview

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.

Directed by Diane Keaton
Written by Delia Ephron, Nora Ephron
Produced by Delia Ephron, Nora Ephron
Box OfficeBudget: $60.0MRevenue: $51.9M

Top Cast

Meg Ryan

Meg Ryan

Eve Mozell Marks

Diane Keaton

Diane Keaton

Georgia Mozell

Lisa Kudrow

Lisa Kudrow

Maddy Mozell

Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau

Lou Mozell

Adam Arkin

Adam Arkin

Joe Marks

Jesse James

Jesse James

Jesse Marks

Shaun Duke

Shaun Duke

Dr. Omar Kunundar

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Ann Bortolotti

Ogmed Kunundar

Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman

Pat Mozell

Maree Cheatham

Maree Cheatham

Angie

Themes & Keywords

sibling relationshipbased on true storyhospitallos angeles, californiadogheartbreakneuroticwoman directorbroken heartabandoned by motherparty plannerestranged motherfather daughter relationshipsister sister relationshipmemoriesholidayssistersphone callsfather in hospitalcurmudgeondepressed fathersoap opera actressmagazine ownerabandoned by wife

About Hanging Up

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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