Maurice Foley

Películas

St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
Special Effects Supervisor
A young Christian boy attends a druid worship that is attacked by invading Irish tribes. Taken captive, he is taken back to Ireland to become a slave. Enduring many hardships, he finds comfort and eventually salvation in his faith. After several years, he escapes back to England, where he joins a convent to prove his faith. His greatest desire is to return to Ireland to convert the Irish to Christianity. Years later, he is given the opportunity. Upon setting foot on the Irish soil, all snakes are aitomatically driven from the land. He then overcomes many obstacles, including disagreements with the British Cardinal (Malcolm McDowell), to fulfill his destiny and ultimately being given Sainthood.
The Disappearance of Finbar
Special Effects Supervisor
A dissatisfied teen disappears from his small town, leaving friends to wonder about his whereabouts.
Korea
Special Effects Supervisor
Nothing's fair in love and war. Based on short story by John McGahern. A powerful story of the relationship between father and son, John and Eamon Doyle. It is set in rural Ireland during the 1950’s, a period of mass emigration and social change. Young Irish emigrants, on arriving in America, have been enlisted and sent to fight in the Korean war. One of those emigrants, Luke Moran, dies in Korea and his home village is awash with rumours about the compensation the Moran family received on Luke’s death. John Doyle hears the rumours but remains silent. Ben Moran is John’s arch-enemy, a feud traced back to the Civil War. Eamon comforts and falls in love with Una Moran. His father feeling betrayed, blames Ben Moran for everything and is prepared to sacrifice Eamon in seeking vengeance as a contemporary Romeo and Juliet story unfolds.
Una insólita aventura
Special Effects Supervisor
Recrea la vida de un grupo de actores de teatro que viven en Liverpool, recién terminada la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El director de la compañía es Meredith Potter, un hombre tenaz con su trabajo, que exige el máximo de unos actores que dirige con auténtica mano de hierro. Un día aparece una joven ingenua e impresionable, que huye de su monótona vida familiar, solicitando el trabajo de ayudante del director en escena. Es admitida, con lo que se ve atrapada en las intrigas de la compañía de teatro. Stella llama la atención de sus compañeros con sus comentarios llenos de inocencia sobre el amor y el sexo. Con la nueva producción teatral aparece un nuevo personaje, P.L. O'Hara, un ser atractivo y avasallador que concita en torno a él la codicia, la rivalidad y los celos. Stella quedará atrapada en esta red, ya que O'Hara se enamora de ella.
The Treaty
Special Effects Supervisor
How the Anglo-Irish Treaty between the unrecognised Irish Republic, represented by Michael Collins, and the British government was concluded after high-stakes negotiations in 1921.