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starring: Spencer Tracy, Felipe Pazos, Harry Bellaver, Don Diamond, Don Blackmandirected by: John Sturges, Fred Zinnemann, Henry King
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304039540
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, Original recording reissued, NTSC
ISBN: 6304039549
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: June 18, 1996
Running Time: 95 minutes
Sales Rank: 8812
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 11, 1958
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
The classic Ernest Hemingway novel about man battling nature and the demons within himself is adapted admirably in this 1958 film starring the legendary Spencer Tracy. Playing the fisherman who goes on an intense and futile quest as he contemplates his own nature, Tracy turns in a spellbinding performance of understated power. He plays an itinerant Cuban fisherman whose luck at catching his prey has been poor of late, until he becomes embroiled in an intense pursuit of a giant marlin and in the process must confront his own frailties. Though the visual aspect of the film seems dated, Tracy is more than enough reason to see this effort at bringing one of the modern classics of literature to life on the screen. --Robert Lane
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - old man and the sea
This movie is excellent!A true classic done by one of the greatest actors Hollywood has ever had.The transfer from film to dvd is quite good.This is a must have for any classic movie collection.
Rating: - innaccurate
I loved the movie when i first saw it at age 11 and still do but the inaccuracy is the marlin footage used is the world record 1560lb Black Marlin caught off Cabo Blanco Peru (Pacific Ocean) by US angler Alfred Glassel in the 1950s.
Black Marlin are only caught in the Pacific NOT in the Caribbean or Atlantic Oceans!!!They should have used Blue Marlin footage which is the marlin species that inhabits Cuba. Still a fun movie!
Rating:  - If you review... Jabber..... Be a more informed and sentive reviewer!
I find it interesting that a person with a nickname (Jabber) finds works like "As time goes by", a wonderful British Sit-Com with Oscar winner Judy Dench who played the Queen in "Shakespeare in Love"(1998) and "The Old Man and the Sea", and this person thinks they are Dull. Well I can only say that this person probably has no interest in Character study, Human Nature, Literature, Human Inner Struggle and even Good Comedy and should consider confining his/her Comments & Critiques to Subjects ... Read More
Rating: - Up to Par?
Being one of Hemingway's most enduring works (it earned him a Nobel Prize in 1954), it was only a matter of time before it was put to film. Although John Sturges was given credit as director, two uncredited director's also worked on the film (Henry King & Fred Zinnemann); Which may be the reason this film falls far short of the novella. In any case, Spencer Tracy does bring the character to life, gives this film credibility and also brought him an Academy Award nomination. If your a Hemingway, ... Read More
Rating:  - if fidel watched this hed fall asleep forever
the chances of anyone making a workable movie out of hemingways novella were slim, and this might count as a noble effort if not for the fact that it is as deadly dull a movie as any ive ever seen. spencer tracy rarely came off as a dullard, but this just doesnt work on any level. A for effort, F for execution.
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