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Chronicles Irish history from 1890s-1918, including the 1916 Easter Rising. It was the first feature length Irish language film. Shake Hands with the Devil. Michael Anderson. James Cagney, Don Murray, Dana Wynter and Glynis Johns. historical drama. Portrays the Irish War of Independence. Broth of a Boy. George Pollock.
Widely praised, the film won the Palme d'Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. [5] Loach's biggest box office success to date, [6] the film did well around the world and set a record in Ireland as the highest-grossing Irish-made independent film, until surpassed by The Guard. [7]
On Metacritic, The Last Right have a rank of 62 out of a 100 based on 4 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [5] Donald Clarke of The Irish Times, the film is "very Irish", adding that it is "A reasonably likeable salute to a Magic Ireland we don't see much anymore". [6]
12. Philomena (2013). Who's in it: Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Michelle Fairley Rating: PG-13 Inspired by true events, the Oscar-nominated drama film tells the story of a London-based journalist who ...
The same applies with, while the majority of films were shot in Ireland, others were not, such as The Naked Truth (1957) (Irish scene filmed at Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom), The Long Good Friday (1980), (scene in pub at start of film shot in United Kingdom), The Brylcreem Boys (1998) and Waking Ned (1998) (both filmed entirely on the ...
Some of the most successful Irish films include The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006), Intermission (2003), Man About Dog (2004), Michael Collins (1996), Angela's Ashes (1999), The Commitments (1991), Once (2007) and The Quiet Girl (2022). Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie (2014) holds the record for the biggest gross on the opening day of an Irish ...
Stella Days is a 2011 film directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan and starring Martin Sheen as a Roman Catholic priest in rural Ireland during the mid-1950s.. The film is based on the book Stella Days: The Life and Times of a Rural Irish Cinema, written by Michael Doorley, which concerns the true story of how a small cinema came into being in the town of Borrisokane in County Tipperary.
0-913616-35-4. The Irish Filmography: Fiction Films 1896-1996 is a 757-page reference catalog of movies and short films produced from 1896 to 1996 in Ireland, or about Ireland and the Irish. [1] It was published in 1996 by Red Mountain Press, a company in Dublin, Ireland. The chief editor was Kevin Rockett. [2][3]