The whales of August
By: an Alive Films production with Circle Associates ; screenplay by David Berry ; produced by Carolyn Pfeiffer and Mike Kaplan ; directed by Lindasy Anderson
Contributors: Davis, Bette, 1908-1989, actor; Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993, actor; Price, Vincent, 1911-1993, actor; Sothern, Ann, 1909-2001, actor; Alive Films; Circle Associates (Firm); Kino Lorber, Inc
Edition: 30th anniversary special edition.
Series: KL Studio Classics; KL studio classics
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 90
Subjects: Drama; Sisters; Older women
Description: It's August. Like they have most summers, elderly widowed sisters Libby Strong and Sarah Webber, who live in Philadelphia, are staying together in the family's summer cottage on an island off the coast of Maine. There are a few people who have been half-century friends or acquaintances on the island, including Tisha Doughty and Joshua Brackett.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1987.

Anamorphic wide screen (1.85:1).

Music by Alan Price ; director of photography, Mike Fash.

Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern, Mary Steenburgen, Margaret Ladd, Tisha Sterling, Harry Carey Jr..

DVD.

English dialogue; English subtitles.