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Dancing at Lughnasa(film)
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For the play, see Dancing at Lughnasa.

Dancing at Lughnasa
Dancing at Lughnasa (film).jpg
Theatrical release poster

Directed by
Pat O'Connor
Produced by
Gerrit Folsom(line producer)
Jane Barclay (executive producer)
Sharon Harel
Noel Pearson (producer)
Rod Stoneman (executive producer - Bórd Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board)
Written by
Brian Friel(play)
Frank McGuinness(screenplay)
Narrated by
Gerard McSorley
Starring
Meryl Streep
Michael Gambon
Catherine McCormack
Kathy Burke
Sophie Thompson
Brid Brennan
Rhys Ifans
Lorcan Cranitch
John Kavanagh
Marie Mullen
Music by
Bill Whelan
Cinematography
Kenneth MacMillan
Editing by
Humphrey Dixon
Distributed by
Sony Pictures Classics
Release dates
13 November 1998
Running time
95 minutes
Country
Ireland
United Kingdom
United States
Language
English
Dancing at Lughnasais a 1998 film adapted from the Brian Frielplay of the same title, directed by Pat O'Connor.
The movie competed in the Venice Film Festivalof 1998. It won an Irish Film and Television Awardfor Best Actor in a Female Role by Brid Brennan. It was also nominated for 6 other awards, including the Irish Film and Television Awardfor Best Feature Film and the Best Actress Award for Meryl Streep.


Contents [hide]
1Cast and characters
2Reception and Awards
3References
4External links

Cast and characters[edit]
Meryl Streep– Kate Mundy
Michael Gambon– Father Jack Mundy
Catherine McCormack– Christina Mundy
Kathy Burke– Maggie Mundy
Sophie Thompson– Rose Mundy
Brid Brennan– Agnes Mundy
Rhys Ifans– Gerry Evans
Darrell Johnston– Michael Mundy
Lorcan Cranitch– Danny Bradley
Peter Gowen– Austin Morgan
Dawn Bradfield– Sophie McLoughlin
Marie Mullen– Vera McLoughlin
John Kavanagh– Father Carlin
Kate O'Toole– Chemist
Reception and Awards[edit]
Although the film received average reviews (67% 'Fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes), most critics praised the performance of the entire cast. Janet Maslin, critic of the New York Timessaid that "Meryl Streep has made many a grand acting gesture in her career, but the way she simply peers out a window in Dancing at Lughnasaranks with the best. Everything the viewer need know about Kate Mundy, the woman she plays here, is written on that prim, lonely face and its flabbergasted gaze."[1]Peter Travis of Rolling Stonemagazine wrote that "a luminous cast reveals long-buried feelings. Meryl Streep finds the expansive soul behind prim schoolteacher Kate. And she is matched by Kathy Burke's bawdy Maggie, Brid Brennan's secretive Agnes, Sophie Thompson's slow-witted Rose and Catherine McCormack's bold Christina, who never married the father of her son."[2]Darrell Johnston, the youngest of the cast was also nominated for a best young actor in a supporting role. A crowning achievement given this was his first real introduction to a Hollywood screen.
Kathy Burke received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress - Drama from the International Press Academy(Satellite Awards).
A display of mementos from the filming is on display at the St. Connell's Museumin Glenties.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^Maslin, Janet, 1998. The New York Times, Movie Review of Dancing at Lughnasa, 13 November 1998
2.Jump up ^Travis, Peter. 1998. Rolling Stone Magazine, Movie Review of Dancing at Lughnasa
External links[edit]
Dancing at Lughnasaat the Internet Movie Database
Dancing at Lughnasaat allmovie
Dancing at Lughnasaat the Internet Broadway Database


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Films directed by Pat O'Connor


1980s
The Ballroom of Romance(1982)·
Cal(1984)·
A Month in the Country(1987)·
Stars and Bars(1988)·
The January Man(1989)


1990s
Fools of Fortune(1990)·
Circle of Friends(1995)·
Inventing the Abbotts(1997)·
Dancing at Lughnasa(1998)


2000s
Sweet November(2001)





Categories: English-language films
Irish films
Irish drama films
1998 films
1990s drama films
British films
Films based on plays
Films directed by Pat O'Connor
Films set in Ireland





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