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Paul Quinn scripted and made his directorial debut with this period drama about middle-aged schoolteacher Kieran Johnson (James Caan), who finds evidence indicating that his real father was an Irish farmer and not a French seaman as he had been told. Since his mute and paralyzed mother offers no ans...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
Other Authors: Caan, James
Quinn, Aidan
Rea, Stephen
Cusack, John, 1966-
Quinn, Paul
Quinn, Declan, 1957-
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English, with optional subtitles in English, Spanish or French.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published: Culver City, CA : Columbia Tristar Home Video, 1999.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Middle-aged men > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Ireland > Drama.
Fathers and sons > Drama.
Mothers > Drama.
Irish in motion pictures.
Fathers and sons.
Man-woman relationships.
Middle-aged men.
Mothers.
Romance.
Feature films.
Drama.
Ireland.
Genre:
Drama.
Romance.
Feature films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Paul Quinn scripted and made his directorial debut with this period drama about middle-aged schoolteacher Kieran Johnson (James Caan), who finds evidence indicating that his real father was an Irish farmer and not a French seaman as he had been told. Since his mute and paralyzed mother offers no answers, he investigates by traveling to an Irish village with his teenage nephew (Jacob Tierney). After this prologue, the film flashes back to the family roots: Kieran's mother Fiona Flynn (Moya Farrelly) back home from convent school, catches the eye of dirt tenant farmer Kieran O'Day (Aidan Quinn). Their romance gets underway despite disapprovals from family and friends. Shown at 1998 film fests (Montreal, Toronto).
Note:Special features include audio commentary by Paul and Aidan Quin.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AF2 D0010537 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: R.
ISBN:0767837975 :
9780767837972
Credits:Director/executive producer/screenwriter, Paul Quinn ; producers, Nicolas Clermont, Philip King ; music composer, Donal Lunny ; editor, Glenn Berman ; director of photography, Declan Quinn.
System Details:DVD ; NTSC format ; Dolby digital.
Cast:
Aidan Quinn - Kieran O'Day, James Caan - Kieran Johnson, Stephen Rea - Father Quinn, John Cusack - Eddie Sharp, Moya Farrelly - Fiona Flynn, Jacob Tierney - Jack, Colm Meaney -Seamus Kearney, Donal Donnelly - John Maney, Brendan Gleeson - Officer Jim, John Kavanagh -Liam, Eamon Morrissey - Father Mooney, Maria McDernottroe - Mrs. Maney, Gina Moxley - Mary Flynn, Moira Deady - Mrs. Kearney, Pauline Hutton - Maria.