Brendan Cauldwell

Angela's Ashes (1999)

DepressingHeartbreakingEmotionalTear-jerker

Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Parker
CAST:  Emily Watson  •  Robert Carlyle  •  Joe Breen  •  Michael Legge

Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Parker
CAST:  Emily Watson  •  Robert Carlyle  •  Joe Breen  •  Michael Legge

Far and Away (1992)

A young man leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter after some trouble with her father, and they dream of owning land at the big giveaway in Oklahoma ca. 1893. When they get to the new land, they find jobs and begin saving money. The man becomes a local ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Tom Cruise  •  Nicole Kidman  •  Thomas Gibson  •  Robert Prosky

A young man leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter after some trouble with her father, and they dream of owning land at the big giveaway in Oklahoma ca. 1893. When they get to the new land, they find jobs and begin saving money. The man becomes a local ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Tom Cruise  •  Nicole Kidman  •  Thomas Gibson  •  Robert Prosky

Ulysses (1967)

Dublin; June 16, 1904. Stephen Dedalus, who fancies himself as a poet, embarks on a day of wandering about the city during which he finds friendship and a father figure in Leopold Bloom, a middle-aged Jew. Meanwhile, Bloom's day, illuminated by a funeral and an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Strick
CAST:  Barbara Jefford  •  Milo O’Shea  •  Maurice Roëves  •  T. P. McKenna

Dublin; June 16, 1904. Stephen Dedalus, who fancies himself as a poet, embarks on a day of wandering about the city during which he finds friendship and a father figure in Leopold Bloom, a middle-aged Jew. Meanwhile, Bloom's day, illuminated by a funeral and an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Strick
CAST:  Barbara Jefford  •  Milo O’Shea  •  Maurice Roëves  •  T. P. McKenna

The Quare Fellow (1962)

Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined to serve his country by his part in meting out justice to criminals. His superior, Regan, however, realizes that even prisoners are human beings, and Regan ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Dreifuss
CAST:  Patrick McGoohan  •  Sylvia Syms  •  Walter Macken  •  Hilton Edwards

Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined to serve his country by his part in meting out justice to criminals. His superior, Regan, however, realizes that even prisoners are human beings, and Regan ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Dreifuss
CAST:  Patrick McGoohan  •  Sylvia Syms  •  Walter Macken  •  Hilton Edwards

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977)

Bosco Hogan plays Joyce's alter-ego, Stephen Daedelus, growing up in Ireland in the early part of the 20th century, and at odds with the strictures of his Catholic home and family. The film charts his search for knowledge and understanding, during a decline in his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Strick
CAST:  Bosco Hogan  •  T. P. McKenna  •  John Gielgud  •  Rosaleen Linehan

Bosco Hogan plays Joyce's alter-ego, Stephen Daedelus, growing up in Ireland in the early part of the 20th century, and at odds with the strictures of his Catholic home and family. The film charts his search for knowledge and understanding, during a decline in his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Strick
CAST:  Bosco Hogan  •  T. P. McKenna  •  John Gielgud  •  Rosaleen Linehan

Who Bombed Birmingham? (1990)

Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted to the bombing under extreme duress, and that the five IRA members were in fact responsible for the deadly attacks  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Beckham
CAST:  John Hurt  •  Martin Shaw  •  Roger Allam  •  John Kavanagh

Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted to the bombing under extreme duress, and that the five IRA members were in fact responsible for the deadly attacks  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Beckham
CAST:  John Hurt  •  Martin Shaw  •  Roger Allam  •  John Kavanagh

The Halo Effect (2004)

Fatso is the proprietor of what may be the worst eaterie in the city, and is struggling to keep a sinking ship afloat. His compulsive gambling is getting the better of him and he has to contend with an endless succession of loan sharks and debt collectors. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lance Daly
CAST:  Stephen Rea  •  Grattan Smith  •  Kerry Condon  •  Brendan Cauldwell

Fatso is the proprietor of what may be the worst eaterie in the city, and is struggling to keep a sinking ship afloat. His compulsive gambling is getting the better of him and he has to contend with an endless succession of loan sharks and debt collectors. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lance Daly
CAST:  Stephen Rea  •  Grattan Smith  •  Kerry Condon  •  Brendan Cauldwell

All Sons of the Saintest Mother (1973)

Two crime families battle for supremacy in 1929 Chicago in this Italian crime spoof. One group, known as the "Sons of Mammasantissima" thereby professes its (ironic) dedication to the Virgin Mother. The other family works undercover from a Salvation Army soup ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfio Caltabiano
CAST:  Pino Colizzi  •  Ornella Muti  •  Alfio Caltabiano  •  Luciano Catenacci

Two crime families battle for supremacy in 1929 Chicago in this Italian crime spoof. One group, known as the "Sons of Mammasantissima" thereby professes its (ironic) dedication to the Virgin Mother. The other family works undercover from a Salvation Army soup ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfio Caltabiano
CAST:  Pino Colizzi  •  Ornella Muti  •  Alfio Caltabiano  •  Luciano Catenacci