The Old Man and the Sea Movie Review 1990

Quinn is wonderful as Hemingway's aging Cuban fisherman, Santiago, who battles a band of marauding sharks for a giant marlin in the Gulf Stream. Unfortunately, this made-for-TV adaptation is ordinary.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 97 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Cuba, Growing Older, Go Fish, Books to Film: Ernest Hemingway

Screenplay

Roger O. Hirson

Cast

Anthony Quinn, Gary Cole, Alexis Cruz, Patricia Clarkson, Francesco Quinn

Cinematography

James Wong Howe

Director

Jud Taylor

Music

Bruce Broughton