Islands in the Stream

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Islands in the Stream

PG

1977

1h 45m

Adventure

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A Hemingwayesque artist (George C. Scott) plays and drinks in the 1940s Bahamas, visited by his first wife (Claire Bloom) and three sons.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

07/02/2018

3/4

Islands in the Stream is a big, strong, old-fashioned movie about that threatened species, the Hemingway Hero.

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

08/16/2023

It has some really good things and plenty of bad. Definitively, it must be watched. [Full review in Spanish]

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Steve Warren

The Barb (Atlanta)

05/09/2023

The joys of Islands in the Stream are intermittent, but there are enough of them to make the picture worth seeing.

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Joe Leydon

The Times (Shreveport, LA)

04/22/2021

Islands in the Stream is best when it centers on people instead of plot. The film is blessed with a marvelously literate script (by Denne Bart Petitclerc), and fine actors who bring that script to life.

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Ruth Batchelor

Los Angeles Free Press

10/23/2019

This semiautobiographical unfinished novel of Papa's, put together by his widow, is the best screen adaptation of any of the Hemingway works.

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Jesús Fernández Santos

El Pais (Spain)

07/30/2019

This is a key film in order to understand [Ernest] Hemingway, although not to enjoy his work, which is better represented in other films. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Vincent S

@Vin_E_At_The_Movies Mar 27

This is a nice, compelling, old-fashioned family drama with an outstanding, subtle performance from George C. Scott. It is not a deep movie but the emotion here is solid despite a fizzling ending but I liked it a lot.

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delysid d

@RT67044741 04/11/2022

another great one from the great George C!

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08/13/2016

This beautifully acted film should have gotten an Oscar nod for Best Picture.

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02/16/2015

Apesar de ser algo previsível, nas suas funções de tearjerker para duros, "Islands in the Stream" sai por cima ao confiar uma história de enorme estofo a um George C. Scott que se alimentava de grandes desafios como este. Enquanto adaptação de um romance de Hemingway, "Islands in the stream" dá-se muito bem também nos paralelos que constrói entre os desafios pessoais interiores e as batalhadas vividas com a natureza. Fazem falta filmes assim nas tardes de domingo.

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05/19/2014

almost a perfect film. A great performance by George C. Scott

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07/21/2012

An excellent film. Beautifully cast, photographed, written, scored & acted. Truly exceptional in every way.

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Synopsis

A Hemingwayesque artist (George C. Scott) plays and drinks in the 1940s Bahamas, visited by his first wife (Claire Bloom) and three sons.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Producer: Peter Bart, Max Palevsky
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 9, 1977, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2013
Runtime: 1h 45m