Conference tallis::celt

    Probably the most famous film ever shot in Ireland was Lawrence
    Olivier's Henry V. The battle of Agincourt used hundreds of locals
    who were paid on the basis they turn up and bring their own
    horses and in Olivier's words "What horsemen they were!".
    
    Don H.
    

    Leaprechauns have seen the good, the bad, and the awful.
    
    My favourite is still the "quiet man" (John Wayne & Maureen O'Hara).
    There are some crappy parts, but I know most of the locations used,
    and I also know that the director, John Forde, used some terrific
    tricks to get some of his effects.
        SOme of his scenes in this movie are like paintings, the use
    of light is so good. I think Forde was transferring the techniques
    of B&W to the colour medium. Its fairly common knowledge that John
    Wayne had the hots for Maureen O'Hara, indeed some people speculate
    that one of Maureen's daughters is in fact Miss Wayne. Wayne enjoyed
    himself both on and off the screen during that movie, and in fact
    if his performance in this movie is carefully examined it is much
    better than in True Grit, where he got the oscar. 
        I can still see it, John Wayne digging the patch of ground in
    front of the cottage and planting seeds, then picking up a bunch
    of wild flowers and in gentle romantic fashion offering them to
    Maureen. When I last watched this I said - what have cowboys come
    to.???
    
    I reckon the best movie, must have been Ryan's Daughter, in which
    Robert Mitchum (normally boring), excells himself. David Lean is
    a genius.
    
    Snake dosen't go to the movies anymore.
    

>    and I also know that the director, John Forde, used some terrific
>    tricks to get some of his effects.
>  
>         SOme of his scenes in this movie are like paintings, the use
>    of light is so good. I think Forde was transferring the techniques
>    of B&W to the colour medium. Its fairly common knowledge that
    
    Actually the photographic quality of a movie is the result of the
    efforts of the cinematographer.  The director sets the scenes and
    gets the actors to perform correctly (i.e. his way).  One of the
    best cinematographers is Laslo Kovacs (sp?).  He has photographed
    some of the most wonderful scenes, with beautiful etheral qualities.
    
    Peace
    
    			Marty

    I'm surprised no one has mentioned "The Rising of the Moon" based
    on either some O'Casey or Frank O'Connor stories.  But the best
    movie I ever say filmed in Ireland was "Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin
    in the Bronx".  Gene Wilder played as a manure collector in Dublin
    when the last of the CIE horses were being decommissioned.  An
    absolutely hysterical movie!  Some great Dublin scenes.
    
    Wasn't "Cal" filmed in Ireland with an Irish cast?
    
    
    --Roxanne

    Leaprechauns are directors.
    
    Cal was made here, in Ireland, by an Irish film company, with an
    Irish cast etc.
    
    Quakser Fortune, I can remember, as some of it was filmed at the
    Boathouse of Trinity College Rowing Club, and I was familiar with
    some of the extras, having rowed against them.
    
    Snake got pissed there often.
    

    But surely Helen Mirren is from Southend?
    
    Phillip

    I have it on the best authority that "Eat the Peach" is by far the
    best movie filmed in Ireland...I haven't seen it but I'm being urged
    to go as soon as possible.
    
    If anyone knows anything about this film, they can post it here.
    
    Roxanne

    
    
    	Are there any Video/Irish stores in MA or NH that rent VCR tapes, 
        containing Irish movies or Irish music concerts ??    
    


                                                
    
    	keVin
    

    RE: .2  "Ryan's Daughter"
    
    I heard that South Africa was used for the Dingle scenery in "Ryan's
    Daughter".  Anybody know for sure?
    
    
    RE: .7  "Eat the Peach"
    
    I thought "Eat the Peach" had more of a feel for contemporary Ireland,
    than John Ford's Hollywoodized version of "The Quiet Man".
    
    
                                                                  
    

    re .-1
    
    (RE: .2)  
    
    The storm scene (where they unload the guns) was shot in S.A. because
    they got tired of waiting for a good storm off Ireland.
    
    (RE: .7)
    
    Yes, I haven't seen it, but Eat the Peach is a look at contemporary
    Ireland.  Supposed to be VERY funny.
    
    -Dermot

         With reference to "CAL", the primary shooting,(sic.) location
    was Dundalk. Also, "EAT the PEACH" does, in fact capture, as is
    rarely done on film an accurate portrait of Irish society. At times
    it is humourous, at times heart-rending, but always mystically
    lyrical and topical. As you might gather, I regard it highly, and
    would strongly reccommend it to ANYONE, Irish or not.
         The two shops, of which I am aware, which rent, (or sell) videos
    are The House of Ireland, Waltham, MA. and the Irish Jaunting Cart,
    in Lawerence, MA.
     
    Slan,
    Kevin
    

    I rented Das Boat last night, the German film about WWII Uboats.
    Inside the sub, the crew was listening and singing to what I thought
    was John McCormack singing "It's a long long way to Tipperary".
    Did anybody else see this film, and was it indeed John McCormack?
    
    -george

    Seven months late (hiding on the bottom of the ocean) but "Das Boot"
    was a great movie, did have the crew singing "Tipperary", don't
    know if it was John McCormack...   FWIW, Tipperary trivia, I read
    somewhere that the song is about the First-World War red-light
    district of London, rather than Co. Cork.   I think Tipperary
    was slang for a "knocking shop" of some kind, and there are
    references to Leicester Square, Picadilly, etc, as other locations
    for getting into bad company.

    Leaprechauns will add.
    
    Tipperary in the song is a reference to a garrison town called
    Tipperary in Co. Tipperary, in Ireland.
    
    The author of the recruiting song never visited the town. He found
    the name in a directory of British Army garrisons.
    
    Tipperary is no longer a garrison town and indeed it had a radical
    reputation in the Irish war of independence againt the British 
    from 1919-1921 The first shots in this war were fired at Soloheadbeg
    which is very close to that town.
    
    In fact singing the WWI song is still sometimes frowned upon in
    that vicinity, because of its British connotations.
    
    Snake lived not too far away in another garrison town.
    

    Does anybody know the dates of the Cork Film Festival this year?
    

    I found the answer for this in a film magazine that I uncovered.  It
    turns out this year's Cork Film Festival will be held October 6-13.
    
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     I've found conflicting references to the dates for the Cork Film
    Festival.  One source said it's held in June, another said September. 
    It's put on by the Triskel Arts Center, Tobin Street, Cork, Telephone
    021/272022.  Is there anybody here from Cork who could give them a ring
    and find out?  Thanks.
    

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Subject: Film Review: "The Miracle"
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Since Irish (or other Celtic for that matter) movies are still so
few and far between, it's been suggested to me that I cross-post to
s.c.c a review I sent recently to rec.arts.movies.reviews.  It's of
a wonderful new film by Neil Jordan ("The Company of Wolves" and
"Mona Lisa"):
 
Jimmy (Niall Byrne) and Rose (Lorraine Pilkington) are best friends.
They're in their late teens, and live in Bray, a tired old seaside
resort town not far from Dublin.  It's summer, they're bored and
they hate "this dump", so they entertain themselves by strolling
around town inventing lives and histories for the people they
encounter on the way.  The little old lady staring out to sea
doesn't move when an old gentleman with a cane walks by, but Jimmy
and Rose know that "her heart leaps when he passes her".  A group of
nuns laughing and splashing in the waves seem so young and childlike
"because they're married to a man they've never seen".  The bland-
looking businessman in a cafe -- "the drabness of his life was so
complete as to have its own fascination".  Rose writes all this down
for future reference.  You'd think that Bray and all the people in
it existed only for Jimmy's and Rose's amusement and scrutiny.
 
Jimmy lives with his father, Sam, (Donal McCann) a heavy drinker who
repairs musical instruments by day, and leads a dance-band by night,
at a local hotel ballroom.  Sam plays the saxophone, as does Jimmy,
but it's clear that the son has much more talent than the father.
Jimmy's mother apparently died when he was still a baby.  Sam
wonders why Jimmy seems to hate him after all he's done for him.  It
hasn't been easy raising a child alone.
 
Rose wishes that she and Jimmy could be more than best friends.
 
Then two things happen to change everything:  a mysterious and
beautiful woman "from abroad" (Beverly D'Angelo) steps off the train
from Dublin.  And the circus comes to town...
 
That's as much as I'm going to tell.  The plot is paper-thin, and
it's given away to the audience almost immediately.  The joy of this
gem of a movie is in the acting, and the telling of the story, and
its delicious mixture of the commonplace and the magical.  Yes, it
does at times teeter dangerously on the brink of "mellerdrama" or
cliche, but it's always saved in the nick of time by the wonderful
actors, or a breathtaking directorial turn.
 
This is one of those movies that sends you floating out of the theatre
on a cloud, and makes you smile uncontrollably for days.  Go see it!
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    The Miracle is now showing at Loew's in Harvard Square.

    
    So who wants to go and when????
    
    George probably isn't speaking to me anymore since I abused him, so we
    may not be able to 'count on him'  :}
    
    /j
    

    RE: .19
    
    >So who wants to go and when????
    
    I saw it when I was in Dublin in June.  Let me know if you get a group
    together though.  I might go see it again.  What I want to see is "The
    Commitments".    
    

    Mr. Arts and Entertainment Jr. is pleased to announce his future
    presence at the showing of the film "The Miracle", even despite all
    this slagging!  How about next week?
           

    
    Well, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Friday are definate possibilites for me.
    
    How about you Julie?  KeVin?  Paddy?
    
    Let's go to the THEATER and get 'sum culcha'  :)
    
    /j
    

    
    
    	Sorry...... can't make it this week.   :-(
    
    
    
    
    	keVin
    

    
    
        I guess this week won't work out.  How about next week?
    Kasey will be back then and I know she wants to see it.  That's
    if her friends can get her to leave Lisdoonvarna!
    
    
    Here you go Dennis,
    
    		The Commitments   starts friday at:
    
    Loews Nickelodeon, 606 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, 424-1500
    South Shore Plaza, Braintree  848-1070
    Cleveland Circle, 566-4040 (I don't know what city - Brookline?)
    Loews Harvard Sq. 10 Church St. Cambridge 864-4580
    
    
    Maybe we could catch a double feature at Harvard Sq. next week, then
    on to the Black Rose ........          
    
    
    
    -Julia

    
    Hi Julie,
    
    What day does Kasey get back?
    
    KeVin...what looks good for you?
    
    /j
    

    
    
    
    I checked with my wife who would also like to see both of these
    fill'ems and she is not working on Thursday, so how about Thursday
    evening (which is also payday) .....
    
    
    
    Arts_&_Entertainment is my middle name   :-)
    
    
    
    

    
    Bummer.  I think I have a Boston Red Sox game that night.
    
    I'll have to check.  Any other possibilities..?how about the week
    after?
    
    Jen (who really wants to go!)
    

I think ye were all planning this behind my back.  I've
been on my first holliers (vacation for youse yanks) in
years and I come back to find you're planning to go to
the fillims without me.

I'd be on for Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday of this week,
Friday I've a prior commitment in the bleachers at
Fenway.

Whose got the scheduling package ???

Bernard

    
    Bad News 
    
    		"The Miracle" has gonne from Harvard Sq
    
    Good News
    
    		Due to its success "The Committments" is playing
    	       on two screens in "Harvard Sq.". Makes scheduling easier
    
    	Must be a quota on irish screens
    

For those who still want to see "The Miracle"
it's playing at the West Newton Cinemas, on
Route 16 close to the Mass Pike.

Phone number is (617) 964-6060.

Times are:

	1:00
	2:50
	4:35
	6:15
	8:00
	9:45

so you're spoilt for choice.

I saw it last night and quite enjoyed it.  Of course
having lived for a long time in Bray, that added to
the pleasure somewhat, but a good movie.

Bernard

    RE: .30
    
    >For those who still want to see "The Miracle" it's playing at the West
    >Newton Cinemas, on Route 16 close to the Mass Pike.
    
    A nicer theater, in my opinion, and cheaper too.
    

    
    
    Committments ................
    
    
    I'd give it Two Snaps Up, and a full twist !!!	:-)
    
    
    
	Twan
    
    

    
    
    Commitments is now playing at the Nashua Mall Theater.
    
    Exit 6 
    
    Route 3
    
    Everett Turnpike
    
    
    

Well de group got together and saw De Commitments on Friday and
was suitably pleased.


But I'm entering this note to point out that three Irish films
are being shown during the Boston Film Festival currently on.
They are all reviewed in today (Monday's) Boston Globe.

The program summary for each is as follows:

	Behind The Mask:  75 mins.  1989.
	After 20 years of violent conflict in the North of 
	Ireland, this is the first documentary on the Irish
	Republican Army (IRA) as seen through the eyes of
	activists from the present campaign.  It records on
	video the opinions and experiences of the men and
	women who carried the struggle for Irish independence
	into the present day.  Behind The Mask aims, not to
	represent the familiar landmarks of the history books,
	but to examine the personal motivations, actions and
	sacrifices behind those events, tracing the common
	experience of the geurilla army.


	Hear My Song:  
	A slightly shady concert promoter, Mickey O' Neill, gets
	into a lot of trouble when he books an imposter posing
	as the legendary tenor Josef Locke.  To restore his
	reputation and reclaim the girlfriend lost in the
	mix-up, O' Neill travels to Ireland to find the real
	Locke and persuade him to return to Britain one last
	time.


	Trouble The Calm:  52 mins.  1989
	David Fox's film blends together past and present, 
	stories and news reports, images and sounds, to 
	evoke his personal vision of the state of Ireland
	today.  His own voice reads his almost poetic
	narrative, as different scenes are juxtaposed,
	one seemingly contradicting the last.


Do let me know if anyone takes the plunge and sees them.


Bernard

    Currently showing on TV down here is a 6-part serial called "Brides of
    Christ". It's a drama about school/convent life in the 1960s in
    Australia. It's a joint production by ABC (Australian Broadcasting
    co.), RTE and Channel 4 (England). One of the 'stars' of the series is
    our own Brenda Fricker of 'My left foot' fame. She is the token Irish
    nun who upholds all the old values of the catholic church while the
    rest of the nun community progresses into the 20th century. It is
    receiving rave reviews here.
    
    Has it shown in Ireland or England yet.

    Saw it on RTE last week,but didn't pay much attention........
    So it is here in Ireland.
    I better expain that RTE is Irelands national TV station.
    

    
    
    The latest "Irish" film to open here in Galway, a few weeks ago, is "Into 
    The West" starring Gabriel Byrne and his missus Ellen Barkin. It is
    directed by Englishman Mike Newell but practically everyone else
    working on the film is Irish. It's also produced by Gabriel Byrne.
    
    The film concerns 2 young itenerants living on a council estate in
    Dublin which resembles a post-apocalyptic wasteland. They befriend a 
    handsome white horse and they head for the West of Ireland to sample a 
    pint in the Quay's bar, well not really. They are persued by their
    drunken father, Byrne, the garda siochana and a nasty industrialist,
    boo!
    
    The cinematography is as ever stunning which normally means a lousy
    script but despite cliches and some melodrama it's a cracking good
    yarn.  It has done amazing business in Ireland since it's release over
    1/2 million punts which only "The Commitments" has bettered.
    BTW the distributers are so confident of it's success in Britain that
    it opens in the U.K on the 11th Dec, same day as Home Alone 2. Now
    there's confidence for you. No idea when it is released in the U.S.
    
    Des.
    
       

    Last night, Siskel & Ebert both put Neil Jordan's "The Crying Game" in
    their lists of the best 10 films of 1992.
    
    Anybody seen it yet?
     

    
    
    I saw it on Saturday night ....
    
    
    It's wouldn't be on any of my Top-10 lists !!
    
    
    I thought the movie was rather "Bazzar"   
    
    
    keVin
    

    
    
    	The Committments and The Field and both on HBO/Cinemax several
        times this month.
    
    
    	The Field is THE BEST Irish movie I have ever seen !!!
    
    
    	keVin
    

    The Field was on over Christmas in the UK. Briliant film.
    
    Simon

    
    
    A few of us were fortunate enough this past summer to enjoy a few pints
    in the area where The Field was filmed in Leenane, County Mayo.  :-)
    
    
    	keVin
    

    
    re .34
    
    >	Hear My Song:  
    >	A slightly shady concert promoter, Mickey O' Neill, gets
    >	into a lot of trouble when he books an imposter posing
    >	as the legendary tenor Josef Locke.  To restore his
    >	reputation and reclaim the girlfriend lost in the
    >	mix-up, O' Neill travels to Ireland to find the real
    >	Locke and persuade him to return to Britain one last
    >	time.
    
    I've seen this film twice now and really enjoyed it.  It's got a fairly
    obvious plot, but has some nice bits in it.  It's on rental but not for
    sale as of yet here in the UK.
    
    Paul

I saw 'The Crying Game' last night. Good film. Part of the
storyline reminded me of 'Cal'.

I also join with others in recommending ' The Field' and
'Hear my song'. 'The Miracle' set in Bray was also another
great Irish film. I'm looking forward to seeing 'Into the 
West'. I've heard good things about it.

B.t.w I was trying to think of the films that Neil Jordan
has directed. I came up with the following :

Angel
Company of Wolves
The Crying Game

What's missing?

/Paul.

    RE: .44  by BERN02::OREILLY 
    
    >B.t.w I was trying to think of the films that Neil Jordan has directed. 
    
    Mona Lisa
    

    .44
    Jordan has also directed High Spirits , a comedy and his 1st big budget
    Hollywood film.  In a recent interview he said that he was most unhappy
    with the interference of Hollywood exec's during the making of the
    film.
    
    He also directed "The Miracle"
    
    Des.  

    The film "Into the West" is playing this week at the Sundance Film
    Festival.  The clip I saw on the news had a couple of kids riding
    horseback through a house to escape pursuing gardai.
    

    There is a terrific buzz here at the present on the forthcoming film
    "Little Big Man" subtitled "The Life & Times of Patrick Culbert".
    Apparently Danny De Vito or Joe Pesci are the favourites for the main
    role, but then again there are strong rumours that the man himself is
    about to vet some of the on-site locations.
    
    Have a good one!
                                                                     
    -Dermot

    That's interesting Dermot.  I don't know if you heard but
    Paddy just recently started a weekly television series
    here entitled "Winnebago 401".  It follows the "Unsolved
    Mysteries" and "911" track.                        

    
    
    Paddy plays the role of agent 26+6=1
    
    
    
    

    re: .48
    
       <..."Little Big Man" subtitled "The Life & Times of Patrick Culbert".
       <Apparently Danny De Vito or Joe Pesci are the favourites for the
       <main role,
    
    Are you sure they want Danny DeVito playing the lead?!
    
    I would have thought he'd be *too tall* for the part of Culbert. ;^>
     

    
    	...and joe pesci's too skinny.
    
    	$.02 worth

    The Crying Game has been nominated for 6 oscars.

    Does anybody know what the dates are for the Cork Film Festival this
    year?  It was held in early October last year.
    

    RE: .54 by TOPDOC::AHERN 
    
    >Does anybody know what the dates are for the Cork Film Festival this
    >year?  It was held in early October last year.
    
    The Cork International Film Festival is set for October 3-10.  
    

I am trying to find other movies/miniseries done by 3 Irish actors (I think
they are all Irish, if not Irish then English) that I saw recently in the movie 
Patriot Games with Harrison Ford. 

The actors I am trying to find information on are Sean Bean (I believe he 
played the part of Sean Miller in the movie) Thora Birch (played Annette)
and Patrick Bergin (playing Kevin the leader of the Terrorist group).
They were all playing the parts of terrorist trying to abduct a royal in 
the movie.  (The movie I was watching is a VCR recorded version and it does
not list the credits so the spelling of the names of the actors may be off
a little.)

I can find some other works that Patrick Bergin and Thora Birch have done,
Frankenstein (wonderful mini series starring Patrick Bergin) and Robin Hood
(featuring Patrick Bergin and I have to admit I like Patrick's Robin Hood
more than Kevin Cosners) and Enchanted April with Thora Birch (sp?).  
(Enchanted April has received several awards and should have it is a 
wonderful movie) but would also like to find out if there are others that 
I have missed.  I do not know of anything done by Sean Bean other than the 
movie I have seen (maybe he's new to the movies, I am not sure).

I would be interested in other movies/mini series/Theater that they have done.
If anyone out there could give me some help I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks,

Mary
    

    
    
    Mary,
    
    I am more familiar with the films of Patrick Bergin than the other
    actors mentioned. Bergin is defenitely Irish, doubt if the other 2 are.
    
    Bergin starred in the following films:
    
    The Courier - An Irish film, also starring Gabriel Byrne and Cait
    Riordan(any relation Mary?) formerly of the Pogues and also married to
    Elvis Costello. This is probably available on video. (The film not the
    wedding :)
    
    Sleeping with the Enemy- a stlock horror Hollywood flick also starring 
    Julia Roberts (lucky Mr Bergin)
    
    Mountains of the Moon - A british film set in Africa.
    
    He would have also starred in lots of Irish TV shows.
    
    
    Sean Bean was in "The Field", I think. If he is the actor I'm thinking
    of, he played Richard Harris' son. 
    
    Know nothing of Thora Birch.   
    
    Will post any further info.
    
    Regards
              
    Des.
    
    

    Thanks for the information.  I'll have to take a look at some of your
    suggestions.  I never realized that was Patrick Bergin in Sleeping with
    the Enemy with Julia Roberts (His American accent was perfect)!!.
    
    Thanks again!!
    
    MaryR

    
    Bergin played Robin Hood in a recent film of the same name. (an
    also-ran with the Costner monstrosity) 
    

    RE: .59  by NOVA::EASTLAND 
    
    >Bergin played Robin Hood in a recent film of the same name. (an
    >also-ran with the Costner monstrosity) 
    
    Good Grief!  That twice in less than a month I've agreed with you.
    

    Anyone know if "The Snapper" is available on video ?
    
    Therese

    Loved the bit where the da is bringing the daughter to the rotunda and
    almost knocks down a pedestrian while turning from O'Connell Str. into
    Parnell Sq. ..."get out o' the way ya nosey b*ll*x" he shouts !
    
    Great banter all through the film ... just like the dublin I remember.
    
    Is it available on film ? Don't know ..saw it when I was in dublin in 
    August as my sister had taped it off RTE .
    

    I've taped it to watch again. Brilliant, and really enjoyable.
    
    Laurie.

    The Snapper is hilarious.  It will probably get a theatrical release in
    the States as they were showing it in theatres in London last month.
    
    -dja
    

 Anyone have info on when "In the name of the Father"
 will be out?  It's a film staring Daniel Day-Lewis.
 I think he plays Gerard Conlon, of the Guildford
 Four.
               Mark

Taken from this week's NME (New Musical Express)


Bono, Sinead O'Connor and Gavin Friday have all contributed towards the 
soundtrack of a new Guildford Four movie "In the Name Of the Father", due 
out on January 25th.

The score, which is currently being completed in LA, is largely the work of 
Friday, who served as music consultant on the film. The title track 
features Bono's vocals, while Sinead sings "Thief of the Heart", which is 
expected to be the first single lifted from the album.

The film, which premires in Dublin next month, stars Daniel Day Lewis and 
Emma Thompson and tells the story of one of the Guildford Four, Gerard 
Conlon, and his father Guisseppe, who died in prison.

END.

    "In the Name of the the Father" opened in Dublin last night to rave reviews
 from the assembled film critics. The Irish Times Critic Michael Dwyer's verdict
 on the performance of Daniel Day Lewis was "superb,astonishing and complex"

    The following also appeared in The Irish Times.
 "In the name of Father can expect as many as 14 Oscar Nominations to judge by 
 the campaign launched by Universal Pictures with a colour ad spread over pages 
 2 and 3 of Variety this week. Universal is promoting the film in the following
 categories  - best picture, director, actor, supporting actor, supporting
 actress, screenplay, score, cinematography, film editing, art direction, costume
 design, make-up, sound effects editing and sound - but not, oddly enough, for 
 the original songs in the film."   


  Des

    And "The Snapper" opens today in the Boston area, unfortunately only at
    the Harvard Square Theater for now, but see it if you get the chance.
    
    "The Snapper", for those of you who hadn't heard of it, is part II of
    the Barrytown trilogy written by Roddy Doyle, author of "The Commitments".
    
    Colm Meaney reprises his role as the father, but the family and its
    environs have been changed from the first film.
    
    It's very good, I think.
    

    Q: Where in Ireland was the movie "The Quiet Man" filmed? Several
    members of my family are planning a trip to Ireland this year and
    we would like to visit some of the places where it was made. E.S.
    Chelmsford.
    
    A: Most of the movie was filmed in the villages of Maam, in the
    Connemara region of County Galway, and Cong, in neighboring County
    Mayo, and in the hills and valleys in the 15 miles between them. The
    rousing Irish comedy starred John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry
    FitzGerald, Victor McLaglen and Ward Bond. John Ford won an Oscar in
    1952 for his direction.  Visitors can tour a reproduction of the
    thatched cottage used in the movie at the crossroads in Maam Cross,
    about 30 miles nortwest of Galway on the Clifden Road.
    
    From Ask the Globe 3/16/94
                              

    RE: .69  by TALLIS::DARCY 
    
    >Q: Where in Ireland was the movie "The Quiet Man" filmed? Several
    
    >A: Most of the movie was filmed in the villages of Maam, in the
    
    Our George is having you on.  Everyone knows that John Ford shot all
    his movies in Monument Valley.
    

    
    
    The railway station scene ( when John Wayne arrives and is taxied away
    in the pony + and cart) is Ballyglunin, about 10 miles north east
    of Tuam.    Most of the rest was in the Maam/Cliften area.

    RE: .71  by CTHQ::COADY 
    
    >The railway station scene ( when John Wayne arrives and is taxied away
    >in the pony + and cart) is Ballyglunin, about 10 miles north east
    >of Tuam.    Most of the rest was in the Maam/Cliften area.
    
    Yes, well, did you ever notice that when Wayne gets off the train on
    the right hand side, walks through the station and rides off with Barry
    Fitzgerald they are seen going from right to left towards the tracks
    with the station in the background and the train coming towards them? 
    
    How'd they turn the train around so fast?
    
    See, I told you it was all an illusion.
    

I've been to "Maam Cross" (the fake town, consisting of nothing but the
cottage reproduction and a very much trap tourist restaurant, always
surrounded by tour buses) and it just isn't worth the trip.  If you
happen to be going that way, and you're hungry at that point on your
journey, so that you happen to go in to Peacock's (the tourist trap
restaurant), then I guess it is worth five minutes to peer in to the
reproduction of the cottage.  Otherwise spend your time on the much
more beautiful and interesting Connemara that surrounds it!

-Jay

    
    re: .73 Maam Cross...
    
    I have to disagree, the trip is worth it if that's not the only place
    you stop.  The ride in Maam Valley is specatacular in late May.  Stop
    over in Cliffdon for dinner and take a ride out to overlook area for
    sunset.
    
    
    Gary

Sorry - I did not mean to imply that the region was not worth seeing -
it absolutely is!

Clifden, the Connemara National Park, and much more is out that way,
so yes, you'll likely find yourself going by Maam Cross.  I just meant
that I didn't find that particular crossroads to be of much interest.

-Jay

    
    I did a day tour of the area and thought it was well worth it
    especially having a guide telling you what you were seeing.   We rode
    by the cottage which looked nice, but I preferred the scenery around
    the "Quiet Man Bridge" which is a few miles away.
    
    /jen
    

    heard a radio report this week that Kenneth Branagh (of Peter's
    Friends / Dracula / Frankenstein fame) , being originally from Belfast
    (and not a lot o' people know that) wants to make his next film in his
    home town .
    
    anyone up for suggesting what the film may be about ??
    
    F.

         <<< Note 232.35 by ALICAT::BOYLE "Personal name set hidden" >>>
                             -< Brides of Christ >-
    
    The series is now playing on TVOntario (a publicly- and
    Provincially-funded TV network in Ontario,...Canada).  
    
    Episode 4, last week was about Rosemary (verrryy sexually active, and
    thus kicked out of the school).
    
    Funny that they used the same terms we did when referring to the nuns
    (ours where the Grey Nuns of Canada), that is, "penguins" and "crows".
    
    My brother (a priest with the Order of Mary Immaculate, also known as
    Oblates) says that with some orders of nuns there is no longer a habit,
    or a dress code.  Shorts, bikinis, you name it.  About time.

    A made-for-TV movie entitled "You, Me and Marley" was broadcast here in
    Ontario last Friday (27 January 1995).
    
    It takes place in West Belfast in 1992.
    
    Essentially, it's about a group of teenagers who insist on joyriding
    in spite of the opposing efforts to stop them from the IRA and the RUC.
    
    Excellent...so good I taped it.
    
    For some, it might be depressing and violent...'Viewer Discretion
    Advised'.  For others, they may have trouble with the accent, which is
    a pity for them as there are some great lines:
    e.g. "Fatso, yer so large ya won't fit in the Chunnel"
    
    	 "I'll kick yer arse so hard ya'll be picking yer teeth outa yer
    	  shyte"
    
    Bronagh Gallagher ( of The Commitments fame) and Tony Doyle (from
    Inside the Line as Inspector Deakin) have principal roles.
    
    Anyone else seen this?
    
    Pat

    Crow is a new term for me, but Penguin definitely made it
    across the Atlantic (or south from Canada) to Massachusetts.
    I think my older sister's class was the last to see the the
    mandatory full garb including the habit.
    
    TVO is a great channel. I haven't seen the Irish series but
    have watched several Native American shows on it with the
    3' satellite dish.
    
    One thing I find interesting is when watching the news on
    ASN (Atlantic Satellite Network - which is a Maritimes
    television station) and they interview older people, in say
    Newfoundland, I can hear very strong Irish accents coming
    through. They're slightly bastardized though, having picked
    up some Newfoundlandisms in them. 
    
    /G

    >>and they interview older people, in say Newfoundland, I can hear 
    >>very strong Irish accents coming through. They're slightly bastardized 
    >>though, having picked up some Newfoundlandisms in them. 
    
    Dat's Newfie talk, der by (translation: That's Newfoundland-ese, there
    boy).
    
    Definitely, it is the Irish influence as the majority of
    Newfoundlanders are of Irish descent.
    
    A good group to listen to, and funny at that too, is Buddy Wasisname
    and the Other Fellers.  The accent is very distinctive, and the music
    appears Irish (but really, it's Newfoundland).
    
    If you want a copy...
    
    Pat (not from The Rock)

    
    
    1500 extras needed to head down to Rathdrum, Wicklow for a market
    place scene for the new Michael Collins film....You have to wear
    black...and a hat or a cap...(no payment though...just a few raffles
    for holidays etc etc)..
    
    sounds like a session to me...
    
    Always wanted a chance to scream abuse at that blue-shirt. -) -)
    

    I got into an unruly crowd scene (typecast again!) down at
    Grangegorman last week.  Very impressive sets, including a 
    full facade of the GPO after the Rising.  Pay was lousy though.
    
    regards
    
    Dermot

    So when will we see you on screen Dermot?  :v)
    
    I have several old postcards of seens at the GPO
    before and after the Rising. Very interesting
    nonetheless.
    
    /g

Now playing at the Kendall Sq Theatre in Cambridge, MA   

                          BROKEN HARVEST
 
 
 Seventy years of Irish history are dramatized as the film traces the
 course of a bitter and violent feud between two neighbors. 
 
 Jimmy O'Leary, in his modern New York apartment, is told of the death
 of his mother Catherine. The news spirits him back to Ireland of his
 childhood.

 Thirty years earlier JimmY's father, Arthur OLeary, and his neighbor,
 Josie McCarthy, had fought side by side in the Irish War of
 Independence, but took opposing sides in the War that followed. They
 had fought also for the love of the same woman, Jimmys mother,
 Catherine.
 
 A minor deception by the young Jimmy was enough to reopen the hatred
 between his father and Josie, to reawaken the fierce passions that
 simmer beneath the surface. The eruption that follows threatens the
 stability of the whole community, the very fabric of their lives.
 
 Filmed in West Cork.

 Cast: COLIN LANE, MARIAN QUINN, NIALL O'BRIAN
 Director: MAURICE O'CALLAGHAN
 Screenplay by: MAURICE O'CALLAGHAN and KATE O'CALLAGHAN
 Producer: JERRY O'CALLAGHAN
 Director of Photography: JACK CONROY
 Editor: J. PATRICK DUFFNER
 Music by: PATRICK CASSIDY
 
 Running Time: 98min.
 

	I saw the film this weekend and enjoyed it immensely. Much
of the job comes from the fact that it was filmed principally in
Castletown Kinneigh in West Cork, my father's village.

	It was great to see his old home, the cemetery where my
grandparents are buried and the pub where I used to go for an
occasional pint with my uncle.
    
    
    			Neil