A romantic comedy, set on Cape Cod in 1905, about three 70-year-old retired sea captains who try to lure an attractive middle-aged woman into marriage.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| David Carradine | ... | Capt. Zebulon Hedge | |
| Rip Torn | ... | Capt. Jeremiah Burgess | |
| Bruce Dern | ... | Capt. Perez Ryder | |
| Mariel Hemingway | ... | Martha Snow | |
| Charles Durning | ... | John Bartlett | |
| Jason Alan Smith | ... | Ralph Hazeltine | |
| Christy Scott Cashman | ... | Elisabeth Preston | |
| Angelica Page | ... | Melissa Busteed (as Angelica Torn) | |
| John Savage | ... | Web Saunders | |
| Julie Harris | ... | Melodeon Player | |
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Stephen Russell | ... | Luther Norris |
| Stephen Mailer | ... | Squealer Wixon | |
| Donald Foley | ... | Bluey Bachelder | |
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Miles Herter | ... | Dr. Palmer |
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Jonathan Edwards | ... | Rev. Perley |
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A romantic comedy, set on Cape Cod in 1905, about three 70-year-old retired sea captains who try to lure an attractive middle-aged woman into marriage.
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16 November 2008 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$8,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$18,366, 19 April 2009, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$184,149, 9 August 2009Company Credits
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The Golden Boys is a film that is easy to miss. The cast is everyone you know but has no A-list stars. The plot of three captains now retired looking for a woman who will be marry any one of them and so become a permanent housekeeper is nothing special. Yet at the heart of this lies something rather wonderful: it is a tale about people who care more deeply for each other and the place they live in than just for themselves.
The settings, costuming, and filming are all delightful. Set in 1905 there has been a real effort to recreate the interiors and exteriors in such a way that you smell the lavender water and the sea water.
The actor who shines in this is David Carradine - here, rather than trying to be the cool actor, he is rather the mature one, the dependable one, and as this was to become of his last films, it's kind of an odd role for him, yet one that seems more right than many of his others. Hemingway is as ever gorgeous, and here, her character is sense and sensibility at its best.
All in all, this is a wistful, good valued small film, and nicely sentimental without saccharine. If you wish you could have lived in simpler times then this is a film for you.