Product Details

• Actors: Richard Harris, Shirley MacLaine, Robert Duvall, Sandra Bullock, Micole Mercurio
• Directors: Randa Haines
• Producers: Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
• Format: Import, PAL, Widescreen
• Language: English, French, German
• Subtitles: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Greek, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Warner
• Run Time: 117 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001C3Z3BU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #348,701 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Sweden released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), French ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), German ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), Arabic ( Subtitles ), Czech ( Subtitles ), Danish ( Subtitles ), Dutch ( Subtitles ), English ( Subtitles ), Finnish ( Subtitles ), French ( Subtitles ), Greek ( Subtitles ), Norwegian ( Subtitles ), Polish ( Subtitles ), Portuguese ( Subtitles ), Romanian ( Subtitles ), Swedish ( Subtitles ), Turkish ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Two elderly, retired men become friends despite their dissimilarities. As they are invigorated and challenged by the time they spend together, they come to new insights about themselves and the women who occupy various roles in their lives. ...Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars COMPLETELY OVERLOOKED & GROSSLY UNDERRATED CLASSIC FILM! WHERE IS THE U.S. DVD RELEASE?, August 18, 2008

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! MR. KNOW IT ALL ;-b "DR SHOCK" (TRI STATE AREA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wrestling Ernest Hemingway [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Sweden ] (DVD)

'Wrestling Ernest Hemingway' is a little known film that is so overlooked, it's almost criminal! This is a fantastic movie with incredible performances by Duvall and Harris! Shirley MacLain, Piper Laurie and Sandra Bullock turn in excellent performances in supporting roles as well in this poignant and beautifully crafted film. It's perfectly paced, funny, thought provoking, frightfully true and so heartbreaking it should have swept the Oscars in 1993 in IMHO!

There is not one false note in it's 2 hour running length and the music score by Michael Convertino is one of the best I've ever heard. I urge everyone to search for this gem of a movie (on VHS) and the out of print soundtrack! This is pure lightning in a bottle and I have never seen any of these actors turn in a better performance!

The film is full of beautifully understated scenes, one where Duvall's character learns his waitress friend is moving away and the subtle look and expressions used by Duvall will just rip your heart out! Both actors have so many good scenes, that you just don't want the movie to end! Not only the main actors, but there isn't a bad performance in the entire film. Harris and Duvall's antics will have you laughing one minute and reaching for the tissue box the next!

I can not recommend this film enough! It's that great and it fit's easily into my top 10 favorite films of all time! Search for it, buy it and be prepared to see and hear how movies are supposed to be made! Absolutely fantastic and it gets better each time I watch it as I discover something new with each viewing. I give it my absolute highest rating!

I had to find the VHS used and burn it to DVD, but I can only hope that this will make it to DVD some day soon. If this came out on Blu Ray I would buy a Blu Ray Player immediately! Am I making myself clear my buddies??? It's an awesome film with no action, no gimmicks or Hollywood flair, just great actors, playing regular people, doing regular things......sometimes life is interesting enough, without all the hoopla!

****DVD UPDATE****
WARNER ARCHIVES HAS RELEASED A NO FRILLS DVD OF THIS FILM FOR $19.99, BUT THEY DO RUN SALES AS LOW AS $12.00. THE TRANSFER LOOKS VERY GOOD AND CERTAINLY A UPGRADE FROM VHS.
****END OF UPDATE****

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SUPERIOR MOVIE!!! OUTRAGEOUSLY ROTTEN PRICE!!!, October 8, 2009

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Random Violence - See all my reviews

Add my voice to the protest on the ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS PRICE ON THIS DVD!

This is an outstanding movie with Duval turning in an Academy Award worthy performance as a retired CUBAN BARBER (GOTTA SEE IT - but ***NOT*** AT $40!!!! Can you say "STICK 'EM UP!"???) and Harris isn't far behind in the acting deparment. An absolute character driven GEM of a film that you OWE it to yourself to see. BUT NOT AT $40!!!!!

*WHAT EXACTLY* MAKES THIS PARTICULAR DVD COST THIS MUCH???? DOES WARNER BROS. PLAN TO START SELLING DVDS PRICED STRICTLY ON CONTENT NOW? RIDICULOUS!!!

Just say "NO WAY!!!"

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Makes No Sense, October 22, 2009

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voyageur - See all my reviews

Hard to say what bothers me most: the asking price or the fact that it took this long for this film to be issued in DVD format. In all the years following theater introduction, I've never heard or read a word in support of it. Now that the industry finally took notice of it, the price suggests that it was the second coming of "Gone With the Wind". Well, we waited this long for this excellent film to be released as a DVD, we can wait just as long for the sellers to tire of watching it gather dust on their shelves. Whoever ponies up $40 for it probably never saw it in VHS or theater either.