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Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen

  • 2013
  • Unrated
  • 2h
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Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen (2013)
Documentary

Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen is an unprecedented look at the bond between two of the most iconic artists of the 20th century.Utter opposites... nothing in common. The cowboy and the su... Read allCooper and Hemingway: The True Gen is an unprecedented look at the bond between two of the most iconic artists of the 20th century.Utter opposites... nothing in common. The cowboy and the suburbanite. The conservative and the liberal. And yet these two artists (a word both men sc... Read allCooper and Hemingway: The True Gen is an unprecedented look at the bond between two of the most iconic artists of the 20th century.Utter opposites... nothing in common. The cowboy and the suburbanite. The conservative and the liberal. And yet these two artists (a word both men scoffed at) were the best of friends, right up to their deaths a mere seven weeks apart in 1... Read all

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    • John Mulholland
  • Writer
    • John Mulholland
  • Stars
    • Sam Waterston
    • Len Cariou
    • Nancy Crawford
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
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    • Director
      • John Mulholland
    • Writer
      • John Mulholland
    • Stars
      • Sam Waterston
      • Len Cariou
      • Nancy Crawford
    • 5User reviews
    • 1Critic review
    • 54Metascore
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    Sam Waterston
    Sam Waterston
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    Len Cariou
    Len Cariou
    • Ernest Hemingway
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    Nancy Crawford
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    Kirk Douglas
    Kirk Douglas
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    Peter Duchin
    Peter Duchin
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    Charlton Heston
    Charlton Heston
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    Elmore Leonard
    Elmore Leonard
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    Pia Lindström
    Pia Lindström
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    Patricia Neal
    Patricia Neal
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    Robert Osborne
    Robert Osborne
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    Robert Stack
    Robert Stack
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    • (archive footage)
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      • John Mulholland
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    A Movie-able Feast
    More than s biography yet more than a documentary, this film, in stills and motion, dramatizes the meeting and more than twenty-year friendship of two of the masters of their respective art. Gary Cooper, the preeminently earnest actor, and Ernest Hemingway, the much-imitated realistic writer, are joined in this story of a nearly forgotten America.

    Unlike similar biopics this film succeeds in drawing its audience into the life and affairs—not merely sexual—of these men's triumphs, disappointments, fears, and foibles, in a way that is difficult to disengage from. Where others take a didactic, professorial stance "Tru Gen"—the subtitle taken from Hemingway's distinction of "truth from rumor", "the real from the phony"—gives us opportunity to drink from the top-shelf of two top-shelf lives.

    It feels superfluous to speak of the films production values. (The narration of Sam Waterston, cinematography, sound, and the rest, are superb.) They match the storytelling as they do the two lives presented. The pacing is goldilocks-perfect, facilitating comprehension of the films many details while preserving the warmth and resonance of each episode and scene.

    The sweep of the film in reportage of conduct/behavior and relation of feelings is at times staggering. We do hear from the professors and critics but they are subordinate to the close friends, professional associates, and yes, lovers.

    Imagine any of the literary, painting, and film characters of "Midnight in Paris" (Woody Allen, 2010), drawn at length in intimate portraiture, and you have a glimpse of what "The Tru Gen" offers. We are treated to a full-length expose: a feast for the uninformed and the connoisseur. On third viewing the film is as fresh as the first. One cannot guzzle. You must sip and savor.
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    • Release date
      • September 27, 2013 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
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      • Cooper & Hemingway: A 20 Year Friendship
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      • Robert Jordan Productions
      • Transmultimedia Entertainment
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