{"id":52985,"date":"2020-11-06T17:20:54","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T00:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52985"},"modified":"2020-11-17T17:00:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T00:00:07","slug":"old-man-and-the-sea-the-1958","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52985","title":{"rendered":"Old Man and the Sea, The (1958)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Never have I had such a strong fish &#8211; or one that acted so strangely.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Old-Man-and-the-Sea-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Old-Man-and-the-Sea-Poster-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-52986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Old-Man-and-the-Sea-Poster-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Old-Man-and-the-Sea-Poster-677x1024.png 677w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Old-Man-and-the-Sea-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Old-Man-and-the-Sea-Poster-179x270.png 179w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Old-Man-and-the-Sea-Poster.png 739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn aging Cuban fisherman (Spencer Tracy) attempts to score the biggest fish of his life on a lengthy trip at sea.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At Sea<\/li>\n<li>Character Studies<\/li>\n<li>Fishermen<\/li>\n<li>John Sturges Films<\/li>\n<li>Spencer Tracy Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAccording to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/85500\/the-old-man-and-the-sea#articles-reviews?articleId=297135\">TCM&#8217;s article<\/a>, this adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Old_Man_and_the_Sea\">Ernest Hemingway&#8217;s 1952 Pulitzer Prize-winning novella<\/a> &#8212; &#8220;two years in development and two years in production&#8221; &#8212; was an expensive challenge to bring to the screen. Indeed, one wonders about the wisdom in attempting to turn a one-character allegory into a cinematic tale &#8212; and this skepticism is borne out in the movie, which relies far too heavily on voice-over narration (by Tracy himself), displays inconsistent footage of Tracy&#8217;s lengthy battle with a huge marlin (scenes done in a sound stage are pretty obvious), and features a fairly wooden performance from the only other talking character in the film (Felipe Pazos as &#8220;The Boy&#8221;). With that said, Oscar-nominated Tracy is fine in the central role, and James Wong Howe&#8217;s color cinematography is often luminous &#8212; so at least it&#8217;s a beautiful and (mostly) well-acted venture.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spencer Tracy as the Old Man<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Old-Man-and-the-Sea-Tracy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Old-Man-and-the-Sea-Tracy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"304\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Old-Man-and-the-Sea-Tracy.png 528w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Old-Man-and-the-Sea-Tracy-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Old-Man-and-the-Sea-Tracy-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Old-Man-and-the-Sea-Tracy-469x270.png 469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Beautiful on-location cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Old-Man-and-the-Sea-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Old-Man-and-the-Sea-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"304\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Old-Man-and-the-Sea-Cinematography.png 528w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Old-Man-and-the-Sea-Cinematography-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Old-Man-and-the-Sea-Cinematography-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Old-Man-and-the-Sea-Cinematography-469x270.png 469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one is only must-see for diehard Hemingway or Tracy fans. Listed as a film with Historical Importance in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0052027\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1958\/10\/08\/archives\/hemingway-old-man-and-the-sea-stars-spencer-tracy.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/85500\/the-old-man-and-the-sea#articles-reviews?articleId=297135\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/the-old-man-and-the-sea\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Never have I had such a strong fish &#8211; or one that acted so strangely.&#8221; Synopsis: An aging Cuban fisherman (Spencer Tracy) attempts to score the biggest fish of his life on a lengthy trip at sea. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: At Sea Character Studies Fishermen John Sturges Films Spencer Tracy Films Review: According to TCM&#8217;s article, this adaptation of Ernest Hemingway&#8217;s 1952 Pulitzer Prize-winning novella &#8212; &#8220;two years in development and two years in production&#8221; &#8212; was an&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52985\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52985"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53575,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52985\/revisions\/53575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}