Dancing at Lughnasa
starring: Gerard McSorley, Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack, Kathy Burke
directed by: Pat O'Connor
directed by: Pat O'Connor
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9780767821773
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767821777
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 15, 1999
Running Time: 94 minutes
Sales Rank: 19388
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: November 13, 1998
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
In a place youve never heard of meet five sisters youll never forget. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 06/24/2008 Starring: Meryl Streep Kathy Burke Run time: 94 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Pat Oconnor
Amazon.com:
This affecting, bittersweet tale--adapted from Brian Friel's semi-autobiographical Tony Award-winning play--examines the emotional lives of the five unmarried Mundy sisters in 1936 rural Ireland. In their mutual care is 8-year-old Michael (sweetly understated Darrell Johnston), the illegitimate son of youngest sister Christina (Braveheart's Catherine McCormack). A voice-over from the adult Michael recalls that significant summer, in the month of August, during the feast of Lughnasa. The bolder townfolk dance around a fire to Lugh, an ancient god of light. Yes, this is fiercely Roman Catholic Ireland and Lugh a pagan god, but that irony is at the core of the film, the hypocrisy of tradition. The dramatic change in the richly metaphoric movie comes with the arrival of two men: eldest sibling--and only Mundy brother--Jack (Michael Gambon), a priest returning from many years in Africa, now addled, and Christine's long-absent lover and Michael's father, the charmingly flighty Gerry (Rhys Ifans). Beautiful music and excellent performances highlight the film, which also features gorgeous cinematography of the Irish countryside. Meryl Streep is stern eldest sister Kate; Kathy Burke is lively Maggie; Brid Brennan (who appeared in the stage play) is thoughtful caretaker Agnes; and Sophie Thompson is simple sweet Rose. It's a quiet film, but one filled with ironic and haunting meaning. Directed by Pat O'Connor (Circle of Friends). --N.F. Mendoza
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- Dancing at LughnasaI LOVE this movie....firstly because I am Irish and can really relate to the story. Secondly, just ... Read More
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- TOO MUCH TALKING AND TOO LITTLE DANCINGFIRST LET ME SAY THAT THERE IS NO BIGGER FAN OF MERYL STREEP THAN I AM. THAT BEING SAID, THIS MOVIE ... Read More
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- Lovely period piece of Ireland"Dancing at Lughnasa" meanders winningly through a summer in 1936 in Donnegal, Ireland. It's a child's ... Read More
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- Grim, but beautifulIt's 1936 Ireland, and the world is on the verge of many things. The five Mundy sisters live together in ... Read More
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- A worthy Irish film adaptation of an exquisite Irish play: DANCING AT LUGHNASAI had the great good fortune to see Brian Friel's stage play DANCING AT LUGHNASA live in 1992.It was a phenomenal, ... Read More
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