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Movie Info
Two elderly sisters, Libby Strong (Bette Davis) and Sarah Webber (Lillian Gish), travel to their summer house in Maine. The pair couldn't be less similar: Libby is blind, cynical and mean-spirited; Sarah is sunny, optimistic and healthy. Yet their shared memories and hardships -- especially the deaths of their husbands -- help bind the two together. Still, the entrance of a local fisherman (Vincent Price) into Sarah's life threatens to reopen old wounds.
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Genre: Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: Lindsay Anderson
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Producer: Mike Kaplan, Carolyn Pfeiffer
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Writer: David Berry
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Release Date (Streaming):
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Box Office (Gross USA): $127.3K
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Runtime:
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Distributor: Alive Films
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Production Co: Nelson Entertainment
Cast & Crew

Bette Davis
Libby Strong

Lillian Gish
Sarah Webber

Vincent Price
Mr. Maranov

Ann Sothern
Tisha Doughty

Harry Carey Jr.
Joshua Brackett

Margaret Ladd
Young Libby

Tisha Sterling
Young Tisha

Mary Steenburgen
Young Sarah

Lindsay Anderson
Director

David Berry
Screenwriter

Shep Gordon
Executive Producer

Mike Kaplan
Producer

Carolyn Pfeiffer
Producer

Alan Price
Original Music

Mike Fash
Cinematographer

Nicolas Gaster
Film Editing

Jocelyn Herbert
Production Design

K.C. Fox
Art Director

Bob Fox
Art Director

Sosie Hublitz
Set Decoration

Rudy Dillon
Costume Design
Critic Reviews for The Whales of August
Audience Reviews for The Whales of August
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Sep 03, 2021
Yeah its great to see the cast of legends they assembled for this movie but those actors should have been given a better screenplay.
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Apr 04, 2015
considering it's a film about a picture window & there's no whales, it's so serene, calm, like the waves it washes over you & there's some very enjoyable well spoken characters.
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Sep 06, 2010
This stuffy drama will interest anyone who likes movies about the elderly, but other wise, I'd say stay away from it. It's very boring, slow, and by the middle, I didn't care about the story anymore.
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