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Post by Nalkarj on Mar 17, 2017 20:18:19 GMT
Appropriate for the day, yes, though perhaps a trifle trite on movie forums (or is it fora?):
What are you favorite St. Patrick's Day movies?
Mine are traditional choices: The Quiet Man and Darby O'Gill.
How about you?
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Post by fangirl1975 on Mar 17, 2017 20:23:38 GMT
Darby O'Gill And The Little People is my choice. I'm gonna have to catch The Quiet Man.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 17, 2017 20:30:11 GMT
Annual viewing of "The Quiet Man" around these parts.
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Post by mattgarth on Mar 17, 2017 20:36:05 GMT
THE LUCK OF THE IRISH -- with Cecil Kellaway's Oscar nom performance playing a Leprechaun
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Post by Nalkarj on Mar 17, 2017 20:38:07 GMT
Darby O'Gill And The Little People is my choice. I'm gonna have to catch The Quiet Man. If I had to guess, it'll probably be on TCM tonight. Utterly charming and beautiful movie. |
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Post by manfromplanetx on Mar 17, 2017 21:06:41 GMT
James Joyce's Women (1985) Ireland. Produced by and starring Fionnula Flanagan, Directed by Michael Pearce
Starring Fionnula Flanagan who gives an outstanding performance as writer James Joyce's wife Nora as well as some of the real women in Joyce's life and fictional women from the his novels.
It is a marvellous dialogue driven film based on Fionnula Flanagan's 1977 play, James Joyce's Women, interwoven throughout
... text sourced directly from Joyce's own writings.
only 89 votes at IMDb!
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Post by pippinmaniac on Mar 17, 2017 21:40:47 GMT
"The Quiet Man" and "Darby O'Gill" for sure. How can you go wrong with John Wayne and a young Sean Connery?
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Post by Nalkarj on Mar 17, 2017 22:30:40 GMT
"The Quiet Man" and "Darby O'Gill" for sure. How can you go wrong with John Wayne and a young Sean Connery? Absolutely! P.S. I suppose I was just seeing if anyone had any other "St. Patty's Day" that aren't maybe quite so celebrated but still deserving of being seen around the holiday. |
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Post by marshamae on Mar 18, 2017 0:21:59 GMT
The Dead- John Huston's hommage with a great Irish cast and Dan Ohirlihy in a showy part as a flamboyant tenor. He's really good. Last year in New York an Irish society put on a play of tge Dead in a gorgeous classic mansion. The audience was limited to 40 and they were in the room with the players as guests at the party. A lucky ten got seats at the dining table and dinner. You could dance when they were dancing ,etc. I would have loved to see how they did the end. I didn't think I could stand for 3 hours so I didn't get tickets
The Quiet Man- its fake Irish but so loveable . I find new things to love every viewing.
The fighting Sixty ninth- sort of fake. It's fun to see all the famous members of this regiment, and the music, and Cagney and Pat O'Brien in one of their great duets. Practically the whole Irish mafia was here
Shake Hands with the Devil- Cagney again, as an Irish surgeon who is an undercover member of the IRA, a thorough professional. The film examines violence in the name of a worthy cause and it's corrosive effects on the souks of those committed to it. Dana Wynter and Glynis Johns also here
Girl with Green Eyes- a modern Irish Tale
Widow's Peak- a fun comedy with Mia Farrow as a feisty widow, rejected by the social set, led by Joan Plowright. Great fun.
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Post by OldAussie on Mar 18, 2017 0:43:20 GMT
I'm fond of Ryan's Daughter.
And a strong seconder of Shake Hands with the Devil.
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Post by fangirl1975 on Mar 18, 2017 17:10:23 GMT
Darby O'Gill And The Little People is my choice. I'm gonna have to catch The Quiet Man. is on TCM tonight, if you're interested. Check your local listings. Caught it. It was quite good. |
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Post by louise on Mar 18, 2017 20:05:46 GMT
My favourite film set in Ireland is Spring Meeting (1941). A widow goes to Ireland with her son, hoping to marry him off to an heiress, but he falls for her younger sister instead. Very charming film.
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Post by marshamae on Mar 18, 2017 22:17:28 GMT
Louise that sounds like a film I would like.
I'm very fond of tge Railway station man. Donald Southerland as a writer living in an old rail station, falls fir widow Christie. Her son is mixing with the IRA and leaves a dark cloud on tge love story.
None of us have mentioned the glorious ULYSSES. Just thinking of Molly Bloom, Blazes Boylen and Stephan Daedalus gets me in the mood!
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 19, 2017 0:00:54 GMT
The Quiet Man- its fake Irish but so loveable . I find new things to love every viewing. My DVD decided to skip parts of some scenes this year's viewing but have seen it enough times to be able to fill in the blanks. Might be time to find a new copy. Soooo "unreal" but so wonderful. |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Mar 15, 2019 20:49:47 GMT
Some good Irish movies (and movies set in Ireland) I'd recommend this year:
The Field (1990)
The Matchmaker (1997)
Waking Ned Devine (1998)
Dancing At Lughnasa (1998)
Veronica Guerin (2003)
Tristan + Isolde (2006)
Leap Year (2010)
Grabbers (2012)
Glassland (2014)
The Young Offenders (2016)
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Post by bravomailer on Mar 15, 2019 21:10:16 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 15, 2019 21:15:27 GMT
The Quiet Man …. yes, again !  |
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Post by teleadm on Mar 16, 2019 14:27:21 GMT
Darby O'Gill and Quiet Man would have worked for me too.  The Irish in Us 1935, Pat, Olivia and Frank.
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Post by teleadm on Mar 16, 2019 14:36:10 GMT
 Dublin-born Barry Fitzgerald in his last screen role re-united with The Abbey Players, once discovered by a young Hitchcock for Juno and the Peacock.
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Post by bravomailer on Mar 16, 2019 14:52:50 GMT
An excellent look at Irish coal miners in the US. Flat ending though. Family lore has it that the Mollies put my great grandfather on their death list. Nothing happened that we know of though.  |
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