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Where to Watch When the Whales Came (1989) in the US
- 1989
- PG
- 1h 40m
- 6.1IMDb
- 60%Rotten Tomatoes
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Report a wrong listingWhat it's about
A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a terrible secret about the island and the narwhales who sometimes come. Meanwhile, World War I is making life hard in the village.
Cast and crew
- Director
- Clive Rees
- Writer
- Michael Morpurgo
- Starring
- Paul Scofield, David Threlfall, Helen Mirren
Details
- Release date
- Oct 20, 1989
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Box office
- $73,131
- Awards
- 3 wins
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