Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Randa Haines

Writer (WGA):

Steve Conrad (written by)

Release Date:

17 December 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

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.

Plot Keywords:

Barber | Friendship | Park | Crossword Puzzle | Baseball

Cast

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

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Canada:AA | Canada:A (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Hollywood Beach, Oxnard, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Goofs:

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.

Quotes:

Frank: [to Walter] You've never said hello to a woman. How are you going to say goodbye?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Extended Outlook: The Script (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

As Long As We're Together

I cried again

I saw this movie for possibly the ninth time today(Labor Day). It never fails to move me in the way it portrays two lonely people (who could be the flip sides of every person)who meet and fulfill and antagonize each other at the same time. I think that this is one of the best films I have ever seen in my life. I wish I could tell the writer of this film how much it means to me. The entire picture, from its writing, to its filming and acting is top notch. I wouldn't change a thing about it. I love every thing about it. I have read many reviews of this film and some of them have some things right and others are completely wrong. This is a film that says so much about lonliness, neediness, and friendship. I wish everbody could see it.