David Berry, whose play The Whales Of August, about two elderly sisters living on the coast of Maine became a 1987 film vehicle for Lillian Gish and Bette Davis, died December 16 at his home in Brooklyn. He was 73. Berry, a Vietnam War veteran, also was the author of G.R. Point, a somber drama about soldiers working at a graves registration center in the war zone, where they placed the remains of dead combatants in body bags for return home. The short-lived 1979 Broadway…...
- 12/23/2016
- Deadline
The Whales Of August (1987) Direction: Lindsay Anderson Cast: Lillian Gish, Bette Davis, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern, Harry Carey Jr, Mary Steenburgen, Frank Grimes, Margaret Ladd, Tisha Sterling Screenplay: David Berry; from his own play Oscar Movies, Highly Recommended Bette Davis, Vincent Price, Lillian Gish, Ann Sothern, The Whales of August According to my math, the careers of the three leading ladies — Lillian Gish, Bette Davis, and Ann Sothern — in Lindsay Anderson's The Whales of August total 191 years. And that is without taking into consideration their co-stars, among them Vincent Price and Harry Carey Jr. That's an awful lot of acting experience for one film. The Whales of August begins with the leisurely, early morning routines of two sisters living together in a small cottage on the coast of Maine in late summer. Sarah Webber (Lillian Gish) greets the day by working in the garden, dusting the house, and fixing breakfast for her blind sister,...
- 1/27/2012
- by Danny Fortune
- Alt Film Guide
The Whales Of August (1987) will screen tonight at 7pm as part of the Vincentennial Vincent Price Film Festival at Brown Hall on the campus of Washington University. This will be followed by an on-stage interview with Victoria Price, authOr of ‘Vincent Price, a Daughter’s Biography’ and will moderated by David Del Valle. Mr Del Valle had interviewed Vincent Price in 1987 and that interview, ‘Vincent Price, the Sinister Image’ will screen after the live one with his daughter. Admission is free.
Some of the brightest stars of classical Hollywood illuminate The Whales Of August, a film version of David Berry’s play, which focuses on Libby Strong (Bette Davis) and Sarah Webber (Lillian Gish), widowed sisters vacationing on a Maine island for their 60th consecutive summer. Vincent Price co-stars as an aging Russian Lothario who seeks to romance Sarah, and Ann Sothern – who was nominated for an Oscar for her...
Some of the brightest stars of classical Hollywood illuminate The Whales Of August, a film version of David Berry’s play, which focuses on Libby Strong (Bette Davis) and Sarah Webber (Lillian Gish), widowed sisters vacationing on a Maine island for their 60th consecutive summer. Vincent Price co-stars as an aging Russian Lothario who seeks to romance Sarah, and Ann Sothern – who was nominated for an Oscar for her...
- 5/25/2011
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Los Angeles — What if you woke up one day at summer camp to discover all the adults had disappeared? That’s how the kids’ adventure series, eScape, begins when it comes to the Web this summer, producers announced today.
Created by Mike Feurstein of New York-based MovieQuest Productions and co-produced by Runic Films, eScape tells the story of a group of campers seemingly abandoned by their counselors. They soon discover they are trapped in a video game that grants them amazing abilities. But in the real world, this game is the object of a power struggle between powerful corporations and mysterious military interests.
The first three seasons of eScape will premiere on the Web this summer on its Web site, www.eScapeTheSeries.com. A trailer and a preview of the show are available on the site now.
“The show tells a great story in the same vein as Lost,” said Feurstein.
Created by Mike Feurstein of New York-based MovieQuest Productions and co-produced by Runic Films, eScape tells the story of a group of campers seemingly abandoned by their counselors. They soon discover they are trapped in a video game that grants them amazing abilities. But in the real world, this game is the object of a power struggle between powerful corporations and mysterious military interests.
The first three seasons of eScape will premiere on the Web this summer on its Web site, www.eScapeTheSeries.com. A trailer and a preview of the show are available on the site now.
“The show tells a great story in the same vein as Lost,” said Feurstein.
- 3/16/2010
- doorQ.com
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