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Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

  • 19931993
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 3m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)
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  • Drama
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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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  • Director
    • Randa Haines
  • Writer
    • Steve Conrad
  • Stars
    • Robert Duvall
    • Richard Harris
    • Shirley MacLaine
Top credits
  • Director
    • Randa Haines
  • Writer
    • Steve Conrad
  • Stars
    • Robert Duvall
    • Richard Harris
    • Shirley MacLaine
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 46User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Robert Duvall and Richard Harris in Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)
    Robert Duvall in Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)
    Robert Duvall and Richard Harris in Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)

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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
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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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

    Review
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    The best script I ever read
    In 1992, I was a literary agent at Writers & Artists Agency in Los

    Angeles. In a town where new scripts by unproven young writers

    can't get their scripts read, I was one of the few agents who was

    eager to find new talent. One day, I received a letter from a young

    writer asking me to read his script. The title intrigued me and the

    story he described demanded that I read the script. The young writer's name was

    Steve Conrad and he had just graduated from the University of

    Chicago. The script was "Wrestling Ernest Hemingway", and from

    the very first page, I knew I had to represent it. The writing was so

    simple, so poetic, so powerful, so witty and so real that I called

    him before I had even finished reading the script. I was able to

    convince Todd Black, an enthusiastic young producer, to read it

    and his passion matched mine. He sold it to Warner Bros. and

    they made the movie. In a Hollywood rarity, Steve remained the

    sole writer of the script.

    I am so gratified to read the User Comments and to see how this

    little gem of a movie has affected so many people. I am no longer

    a literary agent; I now teach English and History to 6th graders. I

    shall always be so proud that I had some part in bringing this

    wonderful writer and his script to the screen, and that so many of

    you have shared my passion about it.
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    • Aug 24, 2004

    Details

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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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