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Cannery Row: Directed by David S. Ward. With Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, Audra Lindley, Frank McRae. Monterey, California in the 1940's. Cannery Row - the section of town where the now closed fish canneries are located - is inhabited primarily by the down and out, although many would not move away even if they could.
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- Drama, Romance
- David S. Ward
- 1982-02-12
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The story is about the skid row denizens of Monterey, California, during World War II. As declining fish stocks are shutting down a previously rich fishery and the dependent canning industry, bums and prostitutes lead colorful and adventurous lives in a balmy seaside setting. Doc, a self-employed marine biologist, lives in a dockside warehouse and ...
Raquel Welchwas cast as Suzy but was fired after the first few days of production and replaced by an actress 15 years her junior. Welch sued the filmmakers and won a reported settlement of more than $10 million in court.
Critical reception
In his two-and-a-half star review, Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert wrote of the film: "The movie is almost always good to look at, thanks to Richard MacDonald's sets (he linked together two giant sound stages) and Sven Nykvist's photography. And Nolte and Winger are almost able to make their relationship work, if only it didn't seem scripted out of old country songs and lonely hearts columns. It's tough to pull off a movie like this, in the semi-cynical 1980s (it would have been imp...
MGM reaction
MGM head of production David Begelmanlater said he should not have greenlit the film, saying it "was beyond the reach of the filmmaker to realise the wonderful, wonderful values he had in a brilliant script."
Cannery Row at IMDbCannery Row at Rotten TomatoesCannery Row at AllMovieCannery Row at the TCM Movie Database1982 In Review - February. #4. An ex-ballplayer (Nick Nolte) studies marine biology and a bordello girl (Debra Winger) in his run-down town. Here we have a strange little movie, based on a book by John Steinbeck, it’s one of those movies where none of the characters feel real at all, they all feel very wrote and nothing about the film feels ...
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- Chai Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- David S. Ward
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Cannery Row. 120 minutes ‧ PG ‧ 1982. Roger Ebert. January 1, 1982. 4 min read. Old skid-row drunks are a lot of things. They are sick, they are lice-ridden, they are often prematurely senile, and sometimes they are so far gone they’re not even tragic anymore, just wasted. Two things they are not is colorful and romantic, and when the ...
Nov 14, 2016 · Duration. 1h 55m. Two wanderers meet each other and become romantically involved in Moneterey's Cannery Row. When Marine biologist Doc moves to the area, he finds the only entertainment to be the brothel, and that is where he meets Suzy. The two of them fall in love, but before long split up, and everyone in Cannery Row wants them to get back ...
