Film
What's on at the cinema plus reviews of the latest movie and DVD releases
Bookmark this pageThe Old Man and the Sea (1958)
Director: John Sturges
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A painfully sincere, meticulously faithful, and pitifully plodding adaptation of Hemingway's novel about the symbolic struggle between an old Mexican fisherman and a giant marlin. At its most embarrassing in the endless monologues where Tracy has to mouth Hemingway's notion of a poetic patois ('You're a fine fish, Fish, you fight a brave good fight'). The pity of it is that some fine camerawork (from a team that included James Wong Howe and Floyd Crosby) is sabotaged by clumsy back projection and hideous colour matching. Hemingway himself can be briefly glimpsed in a bar scene towards the end.Author: TM
User reviews of this film
-
- chicho said...
- Posted on Feb 19 2008 20:49 i bhgaxst decv asx oijhas
- Report as inappropriate
-
- ccook said...
-
Posted on Dec 24 2007 01:09
I was very young when I saw this movie and I can only remember it was stunning. An old man coming to the end of his life having not accomplished anything of worth. Most of us at one time or other has to face what we have done with our lives up to a particular point and then make a decision. Old man spencer's decision was to take a chance on himself, go into deep unkown waters and hope and fight for the best. The best of his character emerged facing overwhelming odds and although he did not bring home a whole fish he brought home a story about how he won AGAINST ALL ODDS, his life, his dignity. We would like to think that we are going to die loved by many and respected and accepted. He was. Will you be able to say that when you face death?
Great story and adaptation. - Report as inappropriate
Cast & crew
Director: John Sturges
Producer: Leland Hayward
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Felipe Pazos, Harry Bellaver full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Duration: 86 mins
Most popular on this site
Top Stories
Hippies who work for The Man
To celebrate George Clooney comedy 'The Men who Stare at Goats', we look back at six memorable onscreen hippies who fought the system from within
Roland Emmerich's guide to disaster movies
Ahead of the release of '2012', Roland Emmerich offers his ten tips on creating the perfect global catastrophe
Grant Heslov: interview
Grant Heslov, director of 'The Men who Stare at Goats' talks about his old pal George Clooney, his interest in the paranormal, and his fond memories of working on 'Happy Days'
The Coen brothers discuss 'A Serious Man'
Masters of contrary comedy, Joel and Ethan Coen have struck gold again with their latest, ‘A Serious Man’
Ten inspirations behind 'Avatar'?
Time Out ponders the influences behind James Cameron's anticipated space-opera on the basis of the trailer
Michael Jackson's This Is It: review
Kenny Ortega's posthumous concert film is a rousing eulogy for one of pop's great enigmas
Michael Haneke: The man behind the menace
From Cannes to Munich to London, Dave Calhoun tours Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or winner, 'The White Ribbon'
Lone Scherfig talks 'An Education'
Danish director Lone Scherfig was an unlikely choice for a very English affair like 'An Education'. Cath Clarke meets her
How Jane Campion brought John Keats back to life
Time Out gets Romantic with the ‘difficult’ New Zealander about her new film, 'Bright Star'
Time Out's 50 greatest animated films with commentary by Terry Gilliam
In celebration of the release of Pixar's 'Up' and Wes Anderson's 'Fantastic Mr Fox', read our rundown of fifty classic feature length animations
What do you think?
Post your review now