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The Old Man and the Sea

Tuesday, May 17, 2022, 7:30 p.m., Dryden Theatre
still from The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea  (1958).  Photofest.

(John Sturges, US 1958, 86 min., 35mm)

Ernest Hemingway’s seemingly simple story is brought vividly to the screen by director John Sturges, actor Spencer Tracy, and cinematographer James Wong Howe. Tracy plays an elderly fisherman in 1950s Cuba. It has been 84 days since he last caught a fish in his one-man skiff. When he decides to travel into deeper waters, he finds himself in the fight of his life. Gorgeously shot in early Eastmancolor, the film seamlessly integrated new bluescreen technology, enabling the foreground and background to be captured separately, and earned Howe his seventh Academy Award nomination.

 

Event Details

Dryden Theatre
$7 members
$10 nonmembers
$5 students with ID

$5 17 and under

Advance tickets encouraged.

Patrons must show proof of COVID vaccination (regardless of age), photo ID and wear masks. 

Tickets no longer for sale

About This Series

Asian Americans in Hollywood

Last summer the Dryden Theatre presented the series “In Solidarity: Celebrating Asian/Pacific American Directors,” which focused on directors of Asian and Pacific Islander descent who told stories through their own lens. But Asian Americans were working in film since the silent era, both in front of and behind the camera. This series will highlight three of the biggest Asian American contributors from the first seven decades of cinema: actress Anna May Wong, actor Sessue Hayakawa, and cinematographer (and George Eastman Award honoree) James Wong Howe.

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