The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea is a novella by Ernest Hemingway written in Cuba in 1951 and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction to be produced by Hemingway and published in his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it centers upon an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Though it has been the subject of disparate criticism, it is noteworthy in twentieth century fiction and in Hemingway's canon, reaffirming his worldwide literary prominence and significant in his selection for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.

Films

Of the several films that have been made based on the novella, the most notable, produced in 1958, stars Spencer Tracy as Santiago and Felipe Pazos as Manolin. It was adapted by Peter Viertel and directed by John Sturges, Henry King (uncredited) and Fred Zinnemann (uncredited). It won the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, and was nominated in the categories of Best Actor in a Leading Role (Spencer Tracy) and Best Cinematography.

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1958 - Spencer Tracy - Felipe Pazos - Peter Viertel - John Sturges - Henry King - Fred Zinnemann - Academy Award - Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture - Best Actor in a Leading Role - Best Cinematography

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Another prominent version is a 1990 television movie starring Anthony Quinn as Santiago. This version introduces two characters not in the novella, Tom Pruitt and Mary Pruitt, played by Gary Cole and Patricia Clarkson, respectively.

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1990 - Television movie - Anthony Quinn - Gary Cole - Patricia Clarkson

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In 1999, the centennial of Hemingway's birth, director Alexandr Petrov released an animated, large-format film of the novella, created from 29,000 hand-painted images. The project was initiated in 1995 after Petrov's first meeting with Productions Pascal Blais, a Canadian animation company. It received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

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1999 - Centennial - Alexandr Petrov - Animated - 1995 - Productions Pascal Blais - Canadian - Best Animated Short Film

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