Product Details

• Actors: David Janssen
• Format: Black & White, Classical, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• VHS Release Date: May 25, 1999
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0767013395
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #204,623 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

His novels are among the most influential and acclaimed ever written. His life is obscured behind the myth that grew up around him. Ernest Hemingway claimed he didn't want his biography written until at least 100 years after his death. But by then, it might be hard to separate fact from fiction. This feature length BIOGRAPHY, narrated by Mariel Hemingway, follows in the footsteps of the Nobel-Laureate in search of the man behind the myth. It is a fascinating trip through his world, from the hospital in Milan where he first found love to the resort community where he took his own life. Rare film of Hemingway at rest, excerpts from letters and unpublished works and the memories of those who knew him all shed light on his remarkable life. Among those interviewed for this definitive portrait are his sons Jack and Gregory, his best friend A.E. Hotchner, Gregorio Fuentes (The model for The Old Man and the Sea), publisher Charles Scribner III, hunter Clara Spiegel and matador John Fulton. From the battlefields of Europe to the docks of Key West, BIOGRAPHY, traces the steps of the man who some call the most influential writer since Shakespeare.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars real hemingway., October 26, 2003

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L. Franzten "Earthling" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ernest Hemingway - Wrestling With Life [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video is a masterpiece. I love Hemingway and here the man is captured in all his in your face-tortured-life loving-woman loving glory. The language in this video is hardly disturbing which makes me think the person who wrote a review for this video claiming it was full of curse words did not actually see it. If anything this video will instill in the viewer a need to read more about the man and his work. A rare video. I've seen it a half dozen times and it never loses it hold on me. For any Hemingway fan this is a must.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Biography: Ernest Hemingway - Wrestling with Life (DVD), August 1, 2005

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R. J. MacDonnell - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Biography - Ernest Hemingway: Wrestling with Life (A&E DVD Archives) (DVD)

A worthwhile and well constructed precise of Hemingway's life, most valuable for its insights from Hemingway's sons and archival moving film footage, including some sound bites of Hemingway speaking. The video relies (necessarily) on a fair amount of still photography, much of which will be familar to Hemingway aficionados, nevertheless, the presentation is compelling.

23 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars for educational purposes, March 31, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Ernest Hemingway - Wrestling With Life [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The review belows states that this video is full of cuss words. Unless you're a nun, I don't see why you didn't show 14 year old students this video. I think they can handle words like ''damn'' and ''hell''.
This video is great. It captures the spirit of Hemmingway perfectly; a boy trying to find his masculinity. Perfect for teenage boys, to help them avoid mistakes Hemmingway may have made and realize who they are.