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Islands in the Stream

Play trailer Poster for Islands in the Stream PG,  1977,  1h 45m,  Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
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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 Jul 2, 2018
3/4
Islands in the Stream is a big, strong, old-fashioned movie about that threatened species, the Hemingway Hero. Go to Full Review
Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) Aug 16, 2023
It has some really good things and plenty of bad. Definitively, it must be watched. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Steve Warren The Barb (Atlanta) May 9, 2023
The joys of Islands in the Stream are intermittent, but there are enough of them to make the picture worth seeing. Go to Full Review
Joe Leydon The Times (Shreveport, LA) Apr 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. Go to Full Review
Ruth Batchelor Los Angeles Free Press Oct 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. Go to Full Review
Jesús Fernández Santos El Pais (Spain) Jul 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] Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Franklin J. Schaffner

Director

George C. Scott

Thomas Hudson

David Hemmings

Eddy

Claire Bloom

Audrey

Gilbert Roland

Captain Ralph

Susan Tyrrell

Lil

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Islands in the Stream

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Movie Info

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
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