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Word: overspectacular (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1958-1958
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When Tracy is alone, and acting, he fills the screen quite well. The best spots in the movie, by far, are his beautiful conversations with the great fish. Tracy's clean handling of simple Hemingway humor mitigates the effect of some rather overspectacular camerawork, and his thoughtful poise while handling the fishing lines sustains a stretch of heavily philosophical narrative...

Author: By Alan H. Grossman, | Title: The Old Man and the Sea | 11/18/1958 | See Source »

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