What is Never Apologize / The Whales of August about?

NEVER APOLOGIZE This unique hybrid of film, theater and literature is Malcolm McDowell’s celebration of his friend and mentor, Lindsay Anderson, the award-winning director who cast the actor in his first starring role in IF… This hilarious and moving mix of McDowell’s reminiscences, writings by and about Anderson, and more than 200 visuals bring the legendary iconoclast to life. THE WHALES OF AUGUST Bette Davis joins another screen legend, Lillian Gish, for this lovely tale of two sisters spending the summer, as they have for 60 years, on a picturesque island off the coast of Maine. Anderson displays a deep love for Hollywood's past, casting not only Davis and Gish but veterans Vincent Price, Ann Sothern and Harry Carey Jr. A profound meditation on aging, this is perhaps the best of Davis' later films. Discussion between films with actor Malcolm McDowell and director Mike Kaplan.

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What is Never Apologize / The Whales of August about?: NEVER APOLOGIZE This unique hybrid of film, theater and literature is Malcolm McDowell’s celebration of his friend and mentor, Lindsay Anderson, the award-winning director who cast the actor in his first starring role in IF… This hilarious and moving mix of McDowell’s reminiscences, writings by and about Anderson, and more than 200 visuals bring the legendary iconoclast to life.

THE WHALES OF AUGUST Bette Davis joins another screen legend, Lillian Gish, for this lovely tale of two sisters spending the summer, as they have for 60 years, on a picturesque island off the coast of Maine. Anderson displays a deep love for Hollywood's past, casting not only Davis and Gish but veterans Vincent Price, Ann Sothern and Harry Carey Jr. A profound meditation on aging, this is perhaps the best of Davis' later films. Discussion between films with actor Malcolm McDowell and director Mike Kaplan.