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Spencer Tracy brings Ernest Hemingway's novel to life in this 1958 movie for which he received his 6th Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. The 86 minute movie has Tracy in an Everyman role on the screen for at least 97% of the time as it describes him as an old man whose luck has run out in fishing. And then suddenly, on just another ordinary day a giant Marlin tugs at his line. The battle between fish and man begins. The battle takes the biggest part of the movie. The old man even talks to the fish and compares their lives. In the end, there is no winner. But there is proof that the old man's luck has changed. Dimitri Tiomkin won an Oscar for his music throughout the movie, which highlights the struggle. The movie is beautifully photographed too in living color. The only other two characters are a young boy named Manolin (Felipe Pazos) and the cantina owner played by Harry Bellaver, whom you may recognize from the soap opera Another World. This is strictly a male bonding movie. It is not for everyone and does bog down in the plot. And you have to love the sea to feel its full impact. Happy viewing!Read full review
Picture quality is fine but the audio is poor; Volume had to be turned up almost to maximum to hear “normal volume”- perhaps to having been played so much? I. e. “Worn out”?
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The struggle of an older fisherman and the biggest fish that he had ever caught.
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Excellent re-issue of this classic with much improved video quality. Glad to find it!
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If one enjoys looking back at simplicity and moral value, this movie is a good example.
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