DASH AND LILLY (1999) ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Kathy Bates
Sam Shepard, Judy Davis, Bebe Neuwirth,
Laurence Luckinbill, David Paymer
Dash is Dashiell Hammett, writer of murder mysteries like "The Thin Man" and "The Maltese Falcon". Lilly is Lillian Hellman, writer of plays like "The Children's Hour" and "The Little Foxes". Together, they were one of the more celebrated literary couples of the 20th century, a loving, enduring and volatile relationship that lasted 30 years. Both were promiscuous. Both drank. Both ran up against the House Un-American Activities Committee. This movie covers the bases of all that, and if it takes a few shortcuts along the way, you've still got Sam Shepard and Judy Davis playing Dash and Lilly. Hammett apparently based Nick and Nora Charles on them, so you see William Powell and Myrna Loy briefly, too. Made for cable television.
