The Whales of August

Name: The Whales of August
Genre: Drama
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Rating: 64

1987, Drama, 1h 30m

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Movie Info

Two elderly sisters, Libby Strong (Bette Davis) and Sarah Webber (Lillian Gish), travel to their summer house in Maine. The pair couldn't be less similar: Libby is blind, cynical and mean-spirited; Sarah is sunny, optimistic and healthy. Yet their shared memories and hardships -- especially the deaths of their husbands -- help bind the two together. Still, the entrance of a local fisherman (Vincent Price) into Sarah's life threatens to reopen old wounds.

Genre:

Drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Lindsay Anderson
Producer:

Mike Kaplan, Carolyn Pfeiffer
Writer:

David Berry
Release Date (Theaters):

Oct 16, 1987 original
Release Date (Streaming):

Dec 19, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA):

$127.3K
Runtime:

1h 30m
Distributor:

Alive Films

Cast & Crew

Bette Davis
Libby Strong

Lillian Gish
Sarah Webber

Vincent Price
Mr. Maranov

Ann Sothern
Tisha Doughty

Harry Carey Jr.
Joshua Brackett

Margaret Ladd
Young Libby

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Critic Reviews for The Whales of August

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Audience Reviews for The Whales of August

Sep 03, 2021

Yeah its great to see the cast of legends they assembled for this movie but those actors should have been given a better screenplay.

Alec B Super Reviewer
Apr 04, 2015

considering it's a film about a picture window & there's no whales, it's so serene, calm, like the waves it washes over you & there's some very enjoyable well spoken characters.

Sanity Assassin ! Super Reviewer
Sep 06, 2010

This stuffy drama will interest anyone who likes movies about the elderly, but other wise, I'd say stay away from it. It's very boring, slow, and by the middle, I didn't care about the story anymore.

Aj V Super Reviewer