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The Whales of August is a 1987 American drama film directed by Lindsay Anderson and starring Bette Davis and Lillian Gish (in her final film appearance) as elderly sisters. Also in the cast were Ann Sothern as one of their friends, and Vincent Price as a peripheral member of the former Russian aristocracy.
Aug 19, 1987 · The Whales of August: Directed by Lindsay Anderson. With Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern. Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.
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- Drama
- Lindsay Anderson
- 1987-08-19
Screen legends Bette Davis and Lillian Gish united their iconic talents in director Lindsay Anderson's intensely emotional 1987 drama, THE WHALES OF AUGUST, which earned Ann Southern...
- 91 min
- 4.6K
- The Vincent Price Legacy
A movie starring Lillian Gish and Bette Davis as two old sisters who reunite in Maine for their last summer. Roger Ebert praises their performances and the film's subtle moments, but finds it conventional and not one of Lindsay Anderson's best works.
A drama about two elderly sisters, one blind and one optimistic, who face a new challenge in their summer house in Maine. The film stars Bette Davis, Lillian Gish and Vincent Price, and has mixed reviews from critics and audiences.
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- Bette Davis
- Lindsay Anderson
- Nelson Entertainment
Summer people in Maine: things are changing. Whales no longer pass close to the shore as they did during the youth of two elderly widowed sisters who have a seaside home where they've summered for 50 years. Libby is blind, contrary, and seemingly getting ready to die.
The gentle, delicate, reflective drama The Whales of August (1987) brings two film legends together on screen for the first time. Based on the play by David Berry, who scripted the screen adaptation, it is a small, intimate story about two widowed sisters spending the summer together in the vacation home owned by Sarah (Lillian Gish) but ...
