The Whales of August 1987 123movies

Watch: The Whales of August 1987 123movies, Full Movie Online – It’s August. Like they have most summers, elderly widowed sisters Libby Strong and Sarah Webber, who live in Philadelphia, are staying together in the family’s summer cottage on an island off the coast of Maine. The cottage, which now belongs to Sarah, has been in their family most of their lives, was the family’s summer getaway from Philadelphia when they were younger. There are a few people who have been friends or acquaintances on the island, including the outspoken Tisha Dought, and Joshua Brackett. Someone new at least to Sarah’s social circle is Mr. Maranov, a former Russian aristocrat. His stay on the island is threatened when his landlady, Hilda Partridge, passes away. Sarah and Libby have come to the realization they are in the respective twilight of their lives, Sarah, who still keeps busy and wants to savor life’s pleasures, acts as now sightless, cantankerous and bitter Libby’s caregiver. Sarah knows she can no longer take care of Libby. As such, Sarah has to make alternate living arrangements instead of the Philadelphia house.Those arrangements will not involve Libby’s estranged daughter Anna, who has the means to take care of her mother, although not the want. It is their interactions with Tisha and Mr. Maranov which may decide their sisterly fate for the immediate future..
Plot: Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.
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Contemplative and somewhat sad
“Can one live beyond one’s time?” ponders the 93 year old Sarah (Lillian Gish). This summarises one of the key themes in Lindsay Anderson’s moving drama The Whales of August, which focuses on the relationship between sisters Sarah and Libby (Bette Davis). Spending the summer in their vacation house in Maine, the two are approaching the end of their lives. Sarah keeps herself busy doing household choirs and looking after her near-blind sister, as she awaits the yearly arrival of the whales who swim close to the shore. While Sarah is positive and open to changes, Libby is bitter, resigned to her looming death, and opposes Sarah’s ideas to install a window that would allow the moonlight to shine through the home in the evening.

There is no real plot in The Whales of August, and is instead a moving character piece that allows a quartet of wonderful actors – Vincent Price and Ann Sothern as well as the aforementioned – to flex their muscles again. With about 500 features in total behind them, it’s wonderful to see these powerhouses at work. Sothern received the only Oscar nomination, but this is Gish’s film (Gish shrugged off her Oscar snub by saying “oh well, at least I don’t have to lose to Cher”. She was one of the first Hollywood superstars, and displays the same effortless likability that made her a star with the likes of Intolerance – Love’s Struggle Through the Ages (1916) and Broken Blossoms, or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919). Post-stroke and looking extremely gaunt, Davis sadly fairs less well, and although I consider her to be possibly the greatest actress to ever grace the screen, her performance lacks any real emotion.

Beyond the performances, the film is contemplative and somewhat sad. Faded memories and old photographs are always something that affect me, and watching Sarah and Libby share anecdotes and knowing what these actresses must have lived through and experienced, I found it hard not to get choked up. It’s a meditation on change and if there ever comes a time when you should simply let go and accept what’s coming. It would be Gish’s last film, and Davis’ penultimate, and it’s a fitting way for the both of them to go out. Going back to the question in the first line, the answer is yes. There is a time all actors will be cast aside by the studio system in favour of youth, deeming them no longer fit for purpose, but The Whales of August reminds us that cinema will never, ever forget.

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Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 30 min (90 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Drama
Director Lindsay Anderson
Writer David Berry
Actors Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 6 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Stereo
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Arriflex Cameras
Laboratory Consolidated Film Industries (CFI), Hollywood (CA), USA (color prints and opticals), TVC Laboratories, New York, USA (developing and printing)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process N/A
Printed Film Format 35 mm