Hemingway & Gellhorn (TV 2012)

A drama centered on the romance between Ernest Hemingway and WWII correspondent Martha Gellhorn, Hemingway's inspiration for For Whom the Bell Tolls and the only woman who ever asked for a divorce from the writer.

Director:

Philip Kaufman

Writers:

Jerry Stahl, Barbara Turner

Stars:

Nicole Kidman, Clive Owen, David Strathairn

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 4 wins & 27 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nicole Kidman	...	Martha Gellhorn
Clive Owen	...	Ernest Hemingway
David Strathairn	...	John Dos Passos
Rodrigo Santoro	...	Paco Zarra
Molly Parker	...	Pauline Hemingway
Parker Posey	...	Mary Welsh Hemingway
Tony Shalhoub	...	Mikhail Koltsov
Santiago Cabrera	...	Robert Capa
Lars Ulrich	...	Joris Ivens
Peter Coyote	...	Maxwell Perkins
Joan Chen	...	Madame Chiang
Saverio Guerra	...	Sidney Franklin
Mark Pellegrino	...	Max Eastman
Remy Auberjonois	...	John Ferno
Anthony Brandon Wong	...	Chou En-lai

Storyline

A drama centered on the romance between Ernest Hemingway and WWII correspondent Martha Gellhorn, Hemingway's inspiration for For Whom the Bell Tolls and the only woman who ever asked for a divorce from the writer.

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Plot Keywords:

Divorce | Writer | Explosion | Love | Photojournalist | 

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 May 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hemingway és Gellhorn

Filming Locations:

23rd Street, Mission District, San Francisco, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$19,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Attaboy Films, For Whom Productions, Home Box Office (HBO)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

155 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In a scene late in the film Hemmingway is seen in a bar reading the July 22, 1944 edition of Collier's magazine which features Martha Gellhorn on the cover and the title of her wartime report "Over and Back". In fact the July 22, 1944 edition of Collier's features Hemingway's wartime report "Voyage to Victory" on the cover and has Gellhorn's one-page piece on page 14. The suggestion in the film is that only Gellhorn reported from Normandy. In fact they both reported from there.

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Goofs

During the scene at the hotel, after the bomb (51'23"), Hemingway is shown using a photographer's vest with a plastic zipper. These weren't made until the 60's.

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.70 (2013)
Keith Urban mentions that his wife, Nicole Kidman, is nominated for a Golden Globe for the movie

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Soundtracks

"Ay Carmela"
Traditional
Performed by Voces del Pueblo

User Reviews

Ambitious but without direction

The movie left me flat. I was interested in the history and intrigued to see how it was portrayed. Skipping back and forth between the sepia, black and white and colour formats was disruptive. Further I don't think that the two principals did their roles justice. Like Hemingway they tried, almost painfully at times, to be larger than life and it resulted in inconsistent portrayals of these remarkable characters....both are good actors...probably a function of bad direction. The love affair didn't work at all....I guess a combination of things got in the way of my enjoying the movie. Several times I commented "this is not a very good flick" as we watched...and yet we watched it to the end...knowing how it would end....a strange viewing experience. I wanted it to be better and it had such potential to be so.