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Old 09-13-2008, 07:35 AM   #1
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Default Captains Courageous

On Comcast On Demand, in their free movies section, they have this movie "Captains Courageous" on it. Filmed in 1937 and starring Spencer Tracy, an actor I have always heard about but never seen him in any films. Anyways, as older movies go, this one is a pretty good film, especially if you like fishing.

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Old 09-13-2008, 09:40 AM   #2
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Default Re: Captains Courageous

Old Man and the Sea is a classic too!

Love Hemingway.

Girlfriend's son is named after Spencer Tracy.

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Old 09-13-2008, 10:48 PM   #3
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Hemingway wrote to F. Scott Fitzgerald about Spencer Tracy in the film 'Old man and the Sea'. I can't quote it but he told Fitzgerald that he thought Spencer was a miserable Santiago because he looked fat and too soft to be a dory fisherman.

Both movies are awesome. I like Spencer on the dory boat when he is talking to himself about outlasting the fish. That is Santiago as I imagined him when I first read that book many years ago.
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