The Whales of August (1987)

NR10/14/1987Drama1h 30m
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The Screen's Immortals... A movie you'll never forget.

Overview

Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Bette Davis

    Libby Strong

  2. Cast 1

    Lillian Gish

    Sarah Webber

  3. Cast 1

    Vincent Price

    Mr. Maranov

  4. Cast 1

    Ann Sothern

    Tisha Doughty

  5. Cast 1

    Harry Carey, Jr.

    Joshua Brackett

  6. Cast 1

    Margaret Ladd

    Young Libby

  7. Cast 1

    Mary Steenburgen

    Young Sarah

  8. Cast 1

    Tisha Sterling

    Young Tisha

  9. Cast 1

    Frank Grimes

    Mr. Beckwith

When I see this, I cannot help but wonder how much actual acting Bette Davis and Lilian Gish (who made her first film in 1912!) were doing, and how much of their performances were but second nature for two elderly ladies who were simply being themselves in this screen adaptation of David Berry's play. The sisters, now spinsters, spend their summers away from the heat of Pittsburgh in a small cottage on an island off the coat of Maine. Davis ("Libby") is blind and reliant on Gish ("Sarah"), her slightly more nimble, certainly more amenable sister as they live out their lives contemplating what ...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

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