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Title: Its Not Captains Courageous or The Old Man And The Sea
Post by: WesleyMitchell on February 10, 2021, 11:50:38 PM
cant remember the name of the movie, what its about, or who's in it.  i can only remember a scene from the movie.  its an older movie, probably made in the late 70's or early 80's.  the scene takes place on a fishing boat (similiar to the one in Jaws).  an older man and a young boy(say 12) are the only ones aboard the boat.  the boy is sitting in a chair with a deep sea pole, fishing.  the boy hooks a huge fish(i think a sailfish or a marlin).  the boy fights the fish for hours with the guidance and help of the old man, but eventually loses the fish.  the boy colllapses in tears and exhaustion.  what a great scene.  would love to watch the movie with my adult eyes, please help...


Title: Re: Its Not Captains Courageous or The Old Man And The Sea
Post by: RCMerchant on February 12, 2021, 05:45:15 AM
Maybe BLUE FIN (1978)?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077249/?ref_=kw_li_i (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077249/?ref_=kw_li_i)


Title: Re: Its Not Captains Courageous or The Old Man And The Sea
Post by: ER on February 12, 2021, 07:23:21 PM
1977's Islands in the Stream?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islands_in_the_Stream (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islands_in_the_Stream)


Title: Re: Its Not Captains Courageous or The Old Man And The Sea
Post by: ER on February 15, 2021, 12:16:23 PM
Well shoot, now I may never know if I was right. It was my one shot at sounding smart about a movie....  :bluesad: