Cooper & Hemingway: The True Gen

Name: Cooper & Hemingway: The True Gen
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013-10-11
Rating: 86

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2h 26m

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As unlikely as their separate personalities might suggest, actor Gary Cooper and author Ernest Hemingway became the best of friends from 1940 until 1961, when death claimed them both just seven weeks apart.

Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

12/12/2013

The overall effect here is of parallel biographies juiced to feel important whenever they intersect, and an undercooked paean to lost masculinity.

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Andy Webster

New York Times

10/11/2013

4/5

Their work endures, and so does what they stood for.

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Michael Nordine

Village Voice

10/08/2013

Proves that veritas isn't necessarily compelling.

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Louis Proyect

rec.arts.movies.reviews

10/11/2013

Cooper and Hemingway remain fascinating even if their machismo evokes a distant and depressing past.

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John Mulholland

Director

Sam Waterston

Narrator

John Mulholland

Screenwriter

Richard Zampella

Producer

Craig Gilbert

Executive Producer

Alex Eaton

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Director: John Mulholland
Producer: Richard Zampella
Screenwriter: John Mulholland
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 11, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 14, 2015
Runtime: 2h 26m

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