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Writer (WGA):
Steve Conrad (written by)
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Release Date:
17 December 1993 (USA) more
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Tagline:
...and other lies your friends let you get away with.
Plot:
Two lonely, retired septuagenarians, an unkempt, hard-drinking Irish sea captain, and a fussy, well-mannered Cuban barber form an uneasy friendship. full summary | add synopsis
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Is Robert Duvall Gilliam's New Quixote?
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User Comments:
one of the best films never seen more (42 total)

Cast

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Robert Duvall ... Walter

Richard Harris ... Frank

Shirley MacLaine ... Helen Cooney

Sandra Bullock ... Elaine

Micole Mercurio ... Bernice

Marty Belafsky ... Ned Ryan
Harold Bergman ... Sleeper
Piper Laurie ... Georgia
Ed Amatrudo ... Henry's Dad
Jag Davies ... Henry
Rudolph X. Herrera ... Umpire
Persephone Felder ... Woman in Stands
Stephen G. Anthony ... Leo Peetes
Greg Paul Meyers ... Sid Showenstein
Aquilla Owens ... First Girl in Park
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123 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Factual errors: At one of the Little League games, one of the players gets picked off of first base is picked off after taking too big a lead. Leads are prohibited in Little League. more
Quotes:
Frank: [to Walter] You've never said hello to a woman. How are you going to say goodbye? more
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Referenced in Extended Outlook: The Script (2006) (V) more
Soundtrack:
LA MUJER DE ANTONIO more

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one of the best films never seen, 21 January 2002
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Author: forevercotton from USA

The lack of attention this film received is an embarrassment. This is a fantastic film. Simple, elegant and true. Beautifully rendered from all points. In a just world, Duvall and Harris would have shared the Oscar. No other actors that year came anywhere near what these two accomplished. The fact that neither was even nominated is truly shameful.

If you were to ask me what it's about, I guess I'd say that it's about life, death, and rebirth, and all the human stuff that goes with that. Oh yeah, and joy. About how joy can seem like a distant, unreachable memory, when really it can be as close as the next park bench over--if only we have the courage.

If you want to experience a quiet little movie that will move you and reverberate in your memory long after, then seek this one out.

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