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      The Whales of August

      1987, Drama, 1h 30m

      11 Reviews 1,000+ Ratings

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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.

      • Genre: Drama

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Lindsay Anderson

      • Producer: Mike Kaplan, Carolyn Pfeiffer

      • Writer: David Berry

      • Release Date (Theaters):  original

      • Release Date (Streaming):

      • Box Office (Gross USA): $127.3K

      • Runtime:

      • Distributor: Alive Films

      • Production Co: Nelson Entertainment

      Cast & Crew

      Bette Davis
      Lillian Gish
      Vincent Price
      Ann Sothern
      Harry Carey Jr.
      Margaret Ladd
      David Berry
      Shep Gordon
      Alan Price
      Mike Fash
      Nicolas Gaster
      Jocelyn Herbert
      K.C. Fox
      Bob Fox
      Sosie Hublitz
      Rudy Dillon

      Critic Reviews for The Whales of August

      Audience Reviews for The Whales of August

      • 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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