Search - The Whales of August on DVD

MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Questionable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1987 DVD Release: 10/07/2003 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 31 mins Studio: MGM Members Wishing: 7 Genres: Drama, Family Drama

A once-in-a-lifetime cast of veterans performs David Berry's play about Libby Strong (Bette Davis) and Sarah Webber (Lillian Gish), widowed sisters vacationing on a Philadelphia island for their 60th consecutive summer. Libby is blind and embittered, while Sarah is healthy, supportive, and almost annoyingly chipper. Their neighbor Tisha (Ann Sothern) tries to convince Sarah to put Libby in the care of her daughter, but Sarah hasn't forgotten Libby's moral support when her own husband died, and she won't entertain such notions -- until she is swept off her feet by an aging roué (Vincent Price). When Libby spitefully sabotages this romance, an infuriated Sarah decides that gratitude has its limits. But when it actually comes down to selling their summer house and sending Libby packing, Sarah can't do it. In the film's flashback sequences, Libby is played by Margaret Ladd, Sarah by Mary Steenburgen, and Tisha by Ann Sothern's real-life daughter Tisha Sterling. Another film personality of long standing, Harry Carey Jr., is well cast as the sisters' handyman. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Bette Davis - Libby Strong
Lillian Gish - Sarah Webber
Vincent Price - Mr. Nikolai Maranov
Ann Sothern - Tisha Doughty
Harry Carey, Jr. - Joshua Brackett

Starring Bette Davis and Lillian Gish, Lindsay Anderson's 1987 drama The Whales of August comes to DVD from MGM with a widescreen anamorphic transfer. Presented with a Dolby Digital 2.0 mono soundtrack in English. Subtitles are available in English, Spanish, and French. There are no special features to speak of, but this is still a fine release of a well-received film. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide