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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. The story is based on the play of the same title by David Berry.
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.
The two old sisters have been at war for years, until they have become beloved enemies. Now death is near for both of them -- not today or tomorrow or perhaps even this year, but before long.
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 ...
Screen legends Bette Davis and Lillian Gish united their iconic talents in director Lindsay Anderson's intensely emotional 1987 drama, THE WHALES OF AUGUST, ...
Two elderly sisters live together in a cottage in Maine with ever patient Gish forced to care for blind and irascible Davis.
1987 The Whales Of AugustCategory: DramaProduction: Nelson Entertainment Director: Lindsay AndersonCast:Bette Davis ... Libby StrongLillian Gish ... Sarah...
Aug 9, 2016 · 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 sustained by the more affluent Libby (Bette Davis), who ...
Two elderly sisters spend a traditional August at their seaside home in Maine, for perhaps the last time. Their attitudes and outlook on life and death, both old and new, continually effect their relationship with each other, and with their distinguished and not so distinguished neighbors. —tywescoat
When I see this, I cannot help but wonder how much actual acting Bette Davis and Lilian Gish (who made her first film in 1912!) were doing, and how much of their performances were but second nature for two elderly ladies who were simply being themselves in this screen adaptation of David Berry's play.
