Islands in the Stream
by Franklin J. Schaffner
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Actor: David Hemmings, George C. Scott, Gilbert Roland, Hart Bochner, Susan TyrrellDirector: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cinematographer: Fred J. Koenekamp
Editor: Robert Swink
Producer: Ken Wales
Producer: Max Palevsky
Producer: Peter Bart
Writer: Denne Bart Petitclerc
Writer: Ernest Hemingway
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 104 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-29
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Islands in the Stream
Movie Review: A synopsis of HEMMINGWAY'S self-analysis of his life
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw this movie while based in the Bahamas working for the US Gov't as a contractor, at the time I had a good background with Hemmingway, thanks to a very good literate public education (which seems to be lacking today) that emphasised excellent authors such as Hemmingway, Thoreau, and Cooper. The movie, an excellent and faithful, but somewhat concised version of the book, follows what I consider Hemmingway's "self-lament" on the failings of his life and his desires for what he lost during the course of his full and enriched life-style, mainly, a stable and enriched family life and meaningful marriage. The book's fictional charecter, Thomas Hudson, mirrors in many ways Ernest Hemmingway's profile and charecterizes his life. The movie itself, especially if seen in widescreen, has excellent cinematography of the Bahama archielago. The charecters, although predictable, are not shallow, are identifiable and plausible, and the events and charecterizations based loosely upon factual events and incidents. The slight underlying political ramifications (such as the jewish immigrants, failures of both Cuba and the US in the immigrations laws, lack of Royal Navy prescence in the Bahamas)are all factual and in itself are generally forgotten when making movies and entertainment media of the time period. The Thomas Hudson characterization itself is indicative of Hemmingway's own personal "recklessness" of spirit and action.
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