Hemingway: Miniseries

2021
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A three-part series from documentarians Ken Burns and Lynn Novick on the visionary work and the turbulent life of Ernest... More

Where to watch Hemingway: Miniseries

Hemingway: Miniseries is available to stream in Australia now on... More DocPlay and Apple TV Store.

Hemingway: Miniseries episodes

EPISODE 1.1

A Writer (1899-1929)

Hemingway, yearning for adventure, volunteers for the Red Cross during... More World War I. He marries Hadley Richardson and moves to Paris, publishes The Sun Also Rises and finds critical and commercial success with his second novel, A Farewell to Arms.

EPISODE 1.2

The Avatar (1929-1944)

Hemingway, having achieved a level of fame rarely seen in... More the literary world, settles in Key West with Pauline Pfeiffer but can't stay put for long. He reports on the Spanish Civil War and begins a tempestuous romance with Martha Gellhorn.

EPISODE 1.3

The Blank Page (1944-1961)

Hemingway follows the Army as they advance through Europe. Afterwards,... More he tries to start a life with Mary Welsh, but is beset with tragedies. He publishes The Old Man and the Sea to acclaim but is overcome by his declining mental condition.

Hemingway: Miniseries | Ratings & Reviews

"Burns and Novick face the... challenge (of) an excess of material... Meeting that challenge, they demonstrate a fine eye for detail."

Boston GlobeBoston Globe

"It's not just the details unearthed here that make this a must-watch -- it's how everyone involved comes together to illuminate more than could be gained from a traditional biographical series."

RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.com

"(Hemingway) celebrates his gifts, catalogues his flaws... and chronicles his decline with the tragic relentlessness its subject would give to the death of a bull in the ring."

The New York TimesThe New York Times

"What makes Hemingway work... is the almost text-by-text analysis of his writing."

Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter

"What happens here is a journey toward the man's psyche and it is a gripping but uneasy journey."

The Globe and MailThe Globe and Mail

"An engaging and beautifully constructed character study..."

VarietyVariety

"Proof that whatever Burns chooses to cover as a filmmaker will more than likely become the definitive documentary on that specific topic."

Slash FilmSlash Film

"Hemingway pulls off a tricky balance: It allows authors, scholars, and biographers to extol, celebrate, and elaborate upon Hemingway’s (writing), while also confronting them with instances of the man at his absolute nastiest, most abusive, and most delusional."

A.V. ClubA.V. Club

"In an appalling act of journalistic malpractice, the Burns and Novick series never even mentions the FBI file."

SalonSalon

"Showcasing the attributes typical of Burns' work, (Hemingway) tells a sweeping story with compelling intimacy."

The AgeThe Age

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