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Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure (1999)

Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure poster
Genre
documentary film
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 4 episodes
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Michael Palin travels to places where Ernest Hemingway once lived and worked. He visits locations in Spain, France, Africa, and the United States to learn about Hemingway's life.

inquisitivereflectiveleisurelyinformativepersonalwanderingnostalgicobservant

What happens

Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure is a 1999 BBC television documentary presented by Michael Palin. It records Palin's travels as he visited many sites where Ernest Hemingway had been. The sites include Spain, Chicago, Paris, Italy, Africa, Key West, Cuba, and Idaho. After the trip was over Michael Palin wrote a book about the journey and his experiences. This book contains both Palin's text and many pictures by Basil Pao, the stills photographer who was on the team. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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