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List Price: $14.98Price: $6.89 You Save: $8.09 (54%)Prices subject to change.
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 9780792858546
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792858549
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 07, 2003
Running Time: 91 minutes
Sales Rank: 14230
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1987-11
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Two of the greatest motion picture actresses of all timeBette Davis and Lillian Gishunite their legendary talents in this beautifully photographed, intensely emotional drama that offers unexpected and quite marvelous rewards (The New York Times)! Libby (Davis) and Sarah (Gish) are widowed siblings who have vacationed for half a century at a seaside cottage in Maine. Now intheir eighties, the sisters have unexpectedly arrived at an impasse: While Sarah embraces change and the possibility of romance with a courtly Russian suitor (Vincent Price), the stubbornly bitter Libby rages at the inevitability of death. As the summer months wane, can Libby and Sarah rediscover the powerful bonds of memory, family and love?
Amazon.com:
Vincent Canby of The New York Times called The Whales of August "a cinema event." His generosity is understandable, given the film's main draw: two of the greatest actresses in movie history, whose careers extend back to the very beginnings of narrative. They are Lillian Gish and Bette Davis, and they are two of cinema's lovely, essential people... so it is painful to report that Mr. Canby's gallant review is not really justified by this trifle, a once-round-the-Golden Pond-lightly. Demanding Bette and dutiful Lillian are sisters living on the Maine coast; Vincent Price is a courtly suitor, and Ann Sothern and Harry Carey Jr. (the liveliest performers in the picture) are local folk. Directed by a great student of film, Lindsay Anderson (O Lucky Man!), the material is fatally soppy. In truth, this isn't a movie, it's a shrine to two giants in winter--well-intended, and best seen as a tribute. --Robert Horton
Average Rating: 
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Gentle film with excellent acting by the great Bette Davis and Lilian Gish, Ann Sothern and Vincent Price. Highly recommended for relaxing entertainment.
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The Whales of August is a very character driven film with a lot of very good dialogue and not a lot of action. It is one of those films were to "get it" you have to really listen to the actors and their body language. Lillian Gish is perfect as Sarah an elderly lady who isn't ready to give up on life and still has things to look forward to and that she wants- like a picture window to look out at the moonlight. Bette Davis is amazing as Libby Sarah's blind sister who is very bitter and just wants ... Read More
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The final movie of legendary actors Bette Davis, Lillian Gish & Vincent Price. Movie is a little bit slow but well worth it just to see these stars doing what they do best, when they get a good script, in their last movie. The acting is flawless and very moving. Watching this movie is like reading a good book. A little extra bonus is the appearance of Harry Carey, Jr. who is like a breath of fresh air and steals the movie in every scene he appears in.
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This is the final "major" motion picture performance done by Bette Davis. As I watch it over and again, it is crystal clear to me that Miss Davis is knowingly telling her beloved fans, "thanks and goodbye," just before she died.
Co-starring with the magnificent Lillian Gish, Vincent Price, and Ann Sothern makes "Whale of August," an expertly acted motion picture that has an amazingly emotionally moving set of twists and turns for a drama about elderly people interacting with each other. ... Read More
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During the last ten years or so of her career, the great Bette Davis was pretty much reduced to glorified cameo appearances: a production would hire her to play the family matron, a great aunt, or a similar role that would- by virtue of Ms. Davis' participation- add a certain pedigree to the film in question but in reality not give the actress very much to do (examples include "The Watcher in the Woods" and the TV film "Murder With Mirrors"). So, even though "The Whales of August" isn't a truly great ... Read More
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