Shay Gorman
Nacimiento : 1923-04-18, Dublin, Ireland
Muerte : 1999-04-19
Mr Hannon
Basada en el best seller autobiográfico de Frank McCourt. Ángela y Malachy McCourt abandonan Nueva York en la época de la Gran Depresión (años 30) y regresan a su Irlanda natal. Pero su situación no mejora por dos razones: por un lado, la crisis que sigue a la independencia, y, por otro, el alcoholismo de Malachy, que dilapida en los bares lo poco que gana. A base de subsidios y caridad Ángela se las irá arreglando para mantener a sus cuatro hijos.
Irishman
When his young daughter disappears, her father refuses to accept that she is dead and sets out on a journey to find her.
Trade Union Official
Influential, cult classic, UK buddy road movie about two friends, one white and one black, who bond over their desire to escape from boredom and unemployment in Thatcher's Britain.
Keir
Ascendancy is a 1983 British film. It tells the story of a woman who is a member of the British landowning 'Ascendancy' in Ireland during World War I. Gradually, she learns about the Irish independence movement, and becomes involved with it.
Harrington
The horse Gay Future is at the centre of an Irish betting syndicate in 1974 which saw trainer Antony Collins present a poor performing horse at his stables. The betting stakes were subsequently raised, before the real horse was entered in the race.
Second Witness
The story of the trial of Willie Gallagher, convicted of bombing the Strabane British Legion Hall in Northern Ireland, 1976. The transmission of this film was postponed by the BBC several times, and when it did finally air, it was shown with cuts; the writer, Caryl Churchill, and director, Roland Joffé, had their names removed from the credits in protest.
Dubliner
After 18 years as a friar, Peter is no longer sure of his vocation. It is a happy life, maybe too much so, and now he has met Clare. Will his doubts run away with him? Runaway friars are officially "fugitives" who must be persuaded back to their order. Author Sean Walsh fled the Franciscan order to become first a journalist, then a playwright and is now a radio drama producer in Ireland.
Headmaster
An American foreign exchange student in Ireland, Rich Evans (Kurt Russell), gets caught up in espionage when a dying man gives him a message to pass to his older brother, who is an American intelligence agent unbeknownst to Rich. Rich and his friend are then kidnapped by an Eastern Bloc agent pretending to be from the American Embassy in the hopes that they will lead him to a scientist who is attempting to defect to the West. Originally aired in 3 parts on 'Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color' TV series, then re-edited into a theatrical feature in Europe under the title, 'The Secret of Boyne Castle.'
Morton
En la isla de Petri, cerca de la costa de Irlanda, un error científico origina una raza de diminutos monstruos que se alimentan de huesos, convirtiendo a sus víctimas en masas gelatinosas. Para investigar los hechos, llega desde Londres un equipo dirigido por el doctor Brian Stanley
Tom Lucas
Murder unfolds around a young girl who sleepwalks and talks while she does so.
Dodo O'Donnell
After spending a long time in prison, Kip is still willing to pull off one more big job
Sgt. Gates
Tunis, 1943. Battle-weary troops of Company C have orders to occupy a derelict Tunisian farmhouse. They are to establish an artillery observation post, reporting on enemy movements before the imminent offensive to liberate Tunis. However German infantrymen discover their operations. The ensuing battle for control of this small piece of land will decide who controls Tunis but more critically, the victors in the battle of democracy versus fascism.
Dr. Jimmy Landers
A motorist picks up to escaped convicts. Instead of turning them over to the police he hires them to kill his wife.
En la Irlanda de 1815 los patriotas luchan contra el invasor inglés. Michael Martin, un joven impulsivo y audaz, es miembro de una sociedad revolucionaria que lucha por la independencia de Irlanda. Con el fin de servir a la causa, comete toda clase de robos. Cuando una de sus víctimas lo reconoce, se ve obligado a huir a Dublín, donde llega a ser el lugarteniente del famoso capitán Thunderbolt.
Mr Sullivan
Story of how a young Irish boy loses the donkey he has reared from birth.