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Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Pat Conroy (novel)
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Release Date:
25 December 1991 (USA) more
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A story about the memories that haunt us, and the truth that sets us free.
Plot:
A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 5 nominations more
User Comments:
The Prince of Tides is my all time favorite movie! more (90 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Nick Nolte ... Tom Wingo

Barbra Streisand ... Susan Lowenstein

Blythe Danner ... Sally Wingo

Kate Nelligan ... Lila Wingo Newbury
Jeroen Krabbé ... Herbert Woodruff
Melinda Dillon ... Savannah Wingo

George Carlin ... Eddie Detreville
Jason Gould ... Bernard Woodruff
Brad Sullivan ... Henry Wingo
Maggie Collier ... Lucy Wingo

Lindsay Wray ... Jennifer Wingo
Brandlyn Whitaker ... Chandler Wingo
Justen Woods ... Tom Wingo (age 6)
Bobby Fain ... Tom Wingo (age 10)
Trey Yearwood ... Tom Wingo (age 13)
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132 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Streisand considered Jeff Bridges for the male lead. She later worked with him in The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996). more
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Continuity: When Tom is coaching, Bernard's dirty white t-shirt becomes clean between shots. more
Quotes:
Tom Wingo: [narrating] In New York I learned that I needed to love my mother and father in all their flawed, outrageous humanity, and in families there are no crimes beyond forgiveness. But it is the mystery of life that sustains me now. I look to the north, and I wish again that there were two lives apportioned to every man - and every woman. more
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25 out of 34 people found the following comment useful.
The Prince of Tides is my all time favorite movie!, 18 October 2004
Author: beadlover5 from Simsbury, CT.

The Prince of Tides is an exceptional movie! It is filled with emotion, humor, adventure, and pathos. Nick Nolte is the heart of the film. He is a broken man, covering up for the past, trying to please his family, but unable to open up and absolve himself of the dysfunction of his past life. He travels to New York to try to help his sister by uncovering what he has been hiding, with the help of a psychiatrist (Barbra Streisand). He is enchanted with her, and is therefore able to open up and reveal the secrets deep within his heart. The emotions that Nick is able to impart to his audience is a joy to see. I learn more about him every time I view this movie. He is a versatile actor and is truly underrated. He DEFINITELY deserved the Oscar for best actor for this difficult role. Barbra Streisand was fantastic as the psychiatrist who had her own secrets, and her son Jason was terrific as the rebellious son who wanted to please his father, but who needed to find himself by taking on the challenge of playing football. I never tire of this movie, and each time I view it, I get more out of it. The "Prince of Tides" has everything I want in a movie, and if I were to rate it, I would give it 4 stars.

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