The Whales Of August

About this movie

Screen legends Bette Davis ("Pocketful of Miracles"), Lillian Gish ("The Night of the Hunter") and Vincent Price ("Tales of Terror") unite their iconic talents in this beautifully photographed, intensely emotional drama that offers unexpected and quite marvelous rewards. Libby (Davis) and Sarah (Gish) are widowed siblings who have vacationed for half a century at a seaside cottage in Maine. Now in their eighties, the sisters have unexpectedly arrived at an impasse: While Sarah embraces change and the possibility of romance with a courtly Russian suitor (Price), the stubbornly bitter Libby rages at the inevitability of death. As the summer months wane, can Libby and Sarah rediscover the powerful bonds of memory, family and love? The stellar cast includes Ann Sothern ("The Best Man") in her Oscar®-nominated performance, Harry Carey Jr. ("Man of the East"), Mary Steenburgen ("Romantic Comedy"), Margaret Ladd (TV’s "Falcon Crest") and Tisha Sterling ("Coogan’s Bluff").