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Mood:
- BleakContemplativeSincere
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Plot:
- Obsessive QuestFriendshipEscapadesHeroesAgingHuman SpiritSelf DiscoveryDestiny more...
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Genres:
- AdventureDrama
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Place:
- Ocean or Sea
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Praise:
- Critically AcclaimedOscar Winner
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Style:
- Epic
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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Attitudes:
- SeriousSemi FantasticSlow
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The Old Man and the Sea, 1958
English
USA
Profile of The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea can be described as bleak, contemplative, and sincere. The plot revolves around an obsessive quest, friendship, and escapades. The main genres are drama and adventure. In terms of style, The Old Man and the Sea is epic. In approach, it is serious. The storytelling is slow paced. The Old Man and the Sea is set, at least in part, in an ocean or sea. It is based on a book. The movie has received attention for being critically acclaimed and an Oscar winner.
Summary of The Old Man and the Sea
John Sturges's adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's short novel, often regarded as an allegory of the latter part of the writer's career, stars Spencer Tracy as Santiago, an aged Cuban fisherman who has been nearly three months without a significant haul. Heaped with ridicule by other fisherman, he once again pushes off in his decrepit ketch, hoping that this trip will finally bring success. After a time at sea he hooks a powerful marlin that drags the man's tiny craft for a couple of days. Santiago engages in an epic battle with the monster, his hands nearly cut to ribbons as he's pushed to the limit of his dwindling strength. At rest during lulls in this war, he has dreams of his stronger and younger self, only to awaken to reality. At length, through guile, experience, and endurance, he lands the hefty marlin with a harpoon and secures him to the side of his boat. But a new danger arises, in the form of a school of hungry sharks that attacks the boat, attempting to seize his catch. Tracy's work is memorable in this stagy adaptation of the well-loved literary work.
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| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 7 October 1958 |
| Runtime: | 86 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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as The Old Man / Narrator
as Martin
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