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Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962)
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28 September 1962 (West Germany) morePlot:
An immature young man from Middle America grows to manhood after a cross-country journey and his military service in World War I full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 5 Golden Globes. moreUser Comments:
Oddly Familiar moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Richard Beymer | ... | Nick Adams | |
| Diane Baker | ... | Carolyn | |
| Corinne Calvet | ... | Contessa | |
| Fred Clark | ... | Mr. Turner | |
| Dan Dailey | ... | Billy Campbell | |
| James Dunn | ... | Telegrapher | |
| Juano Hernandez | ... | Bugs | |
| Arthur Kennedy | ... | Dr. Adams | |
| Ricardo Montalban | ... | Major Padula | |
| Paul Newman | ... | The Battler | |
| Susan Strasberg | ... | Rosanna | |
| Jessica Tandy | ... | Mrs. Adams | |
| Eli Wallach | ... | John | |
| Ed Binns | ... | Brakeman (as Edward Binns) | |
| Philip Bourneuf | ... | City Editor |
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Adventures of a Young Man (UK)Ernest Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (USA) (complete title)
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145 min | USA:139 min (FMC Library Print)Country:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
Netherlands:12 | USA:Approved (certificate #20134) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Finland:K-16Filming Locations:
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA moreFun Stuff
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The ten "Nick Adams" stories utilized by screenwriter A.E. Hotchner are "Indian Camp," "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife," "The End of Something," "The Three Day Blow," "The Battler," "A Very Short Story," "In Another Country," "Now I Lay Me," "The Way of the World," and "A Way You'll Never Be." The latter portion of the film set in Italy is drawn from "A Farewell to Arms." moreQuotes:
Nick Adams: Look, what can you tell in four days?George: I'll tell ya what I can tell. I can tell ya that three times a day I get hungry and every twenty-four hours I get an irresistible urge to go to sleep in a bed. I don't wanna beg and I don't wanna steal. I don't want a cop tellin' me I'm a vagrant and runnin' me outta town. I'm sorry to desert you, but I'm not cut out for this kind of a life.
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This film attempts to compile all or most of Hemingway's Nick Adams stories into one complete whole. The effect is a coming of age story that ends on a bitter/semi-sweet note. Along the way you see a series of stories populated by well known actors and actresses.
There is a sequence that reminds one of Farewell to Arms (wounded ambulance driver falls in love with nurse, who eventually dies in his arms).
There is the overbearing, controlling, religious mother and the anguished father (who eventually takes his own life).
There is the hard boiled newspaper editor, who gives sound hard boiled advice.
I liked the movie, but I am unsure whether I would recommend it to someone else.