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Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

  • 19931993
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 3m
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7.0/10
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Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)
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Two lonely, retired septuagenarians, an unkempt, hard-drinking Irish sea captain, and a fussy, well-mannered Cuban barber form an uneasy friendship.Two lonely, retired septuagenarians, an unkempt, hard-drinking Irish sea captain, and a fussy, well-mannered Cuban barber form an uneasy friendship.Two lonely, retired septuagenarians, an unkempt, hard-drinking Irish sea captain, and a fussy, well-mannered Cuban barber form an uneasy friendship.
IMDb RATING
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3.1K
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POPULARITY
23,283
6,356
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    • Director
      • Randa Haines
    • Writer
      • Steve Conrad
    • Stars
      • Robert Duvall
      • Richard Harris
      • Shirley MacLaine
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    • Director
      • Randa Haines
    • Writer
      • Steve Conrad
    • Stars
      • Robert Duvall
      • Richard Harris
      • Shirley MacLaine
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    • 46User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews

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    Robert Duvall
    Robert Duvall
    • Walter
    Richard Harris
    Richard Harris
    • Frank
    Shirley MacLaine
    Shirley MacLaine
    • Helen Cooney
    Sandra Bullock
    Sandra Bullock
    • Elaine
    Micole Mercurio
    Micole Mercurio
    • Bernice
    Marty Belafsky
    Marty Belafsky
    • Ned Ryan
    Harold Bergman
    • Sleeper
    Piper Laurie
    Piper Laurie
    • Georgia
    Ed Amatrudo
    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
    Doris Carey
    • Mom in Park
    Jody Wilson
    • Nurse
    Anthony Rene Jones
    • Herb the Bus Driver
    • Director
      • Randa Haines
    • Writer
      • Steve Conrad
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    • Trivia
      The film cast includes three Oscar winners: Robert Duvall, Sandra Bullock, and Shirley MacLaine; and two Oscar nominees: Richard Harris and Piper Laurie.
    • Goofs
      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 is admiring a waitress's ass]

      Frank: She's got a great backyard.

      Walter: I don't know. I've never been to her house.

      Frank: She's got a great ass.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Pelican Brief/Beethoven's 2nd/Philadelphia/What's Eating Gilbert Grape/Wrestling Ernest Hemmingway (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      Lagrimas Negras
      Written by Miguel Matamoros

      Performed by Barbarito Díez

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    User reviews46

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    Top review
    10/10
    Excellent, engaging, thoughtful movie
    This movie isn't for everyone. There is little action, no sex, nudity, or violence, no voluptuous bodies, no chase scenes (the fastest anyone goes is on a tandem bicycle), no glitzy special effects. There are very few characters at all; nearly all dialogue comes from the five top billings, and most from the two central characters: the old men played by Duvall and Harris.

    Yet it is one of the most engaging and thoughtful films I've seen in a long time. It deals with aging in a realistic way that isn't morose or gruesome, but instead pulls you into the movie as if you're one of the cast who just doesn't happen to have any lines. You are "there" for the entire two hours and you don't want to leave. You quickly care about these people as if they're your own family members, and you move through the movie with them.

    Neither do you want to miss a line. The acting is superb all the way around. Duvall's performance is incredible. I didn't come to IMDb today to write a review; I came to see if Duvall won an academy award nomination for his performance. I'm disappointed that this film appears to have won no awards at all. This is probably more a result of the film's poor box office showing than the quality of the movie (it only grossed $231,700, not enough to even pay the crew, let alone the cast). It's a shame that quality films such as this can't draw enough of an audience to be successful, or to even attract enough attention from Academy members for them to even see it and vote on it.

    If you didn't know that Duvall was in this film, it might take you awhile to even realize it's him. I can't say enough about it, and am not a good enough movie reviewer to do his performance justice. I hope you'll just trust me on this one and rent this film. It's worth seeing for Duvall's work alone. The rest will be gravy.

    But what tasty gravy it is. If you like movies that draw you in and present characters who are real, whom you care about, who change before your eyes in ways you can relate to and understand, then you'll really like this movie. If you like movies that change you a little, that teach you something about life without being at all obvious about it, that don't try to manipulate you, that are sincere, that elicit a range of your emotions without playing you like a cheap fiddle, then you really should see this.

    I'm also disappointed in the movie's rating here on IMDb. I notice that the raw numbers are much higher, but the IMDb special formula has adjusted it significantly downward to factor out "the village idiots." While I'm sure there's a good reason for IMDb's secret adjustment formula and that it is appropriate for many situations, I can't imagine that this is the kind of movie for which village idiots would try to stuff the ballot box. Most people who voted for this movie gave it very high ratings--7 to 10--and I'd recommend that you believe them. Wrestling Ernest Hemingway is a quality movie with broad appeal that will leave you feeling very glad you invested two hours in watching it.
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    • Release date
      • December 17, 1993 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Recordando a Hemingway
    • Filming locations
      • Hollywood Beach, Oxnard, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $20,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $278,720
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $14,871
      • Dec 19, 1993
    • Gross worldwide
      • $278,720
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 3 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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