This is a film based on a play and while its carried out with no fuss or frills in the style of a stage act, it deviates from the text too much for my liking, even changing some dialect, losing some authenticity with it. The ending of the book is so important to the story in my opinion and it doesn't match the ending of the film. Also I found the acting to be wooden and a lot of the accents to be terrible!
The film is supposedly set in Donegal and yet the two main characters, and more with them, have posh English accents a lot of the time, and when they do put on an Irish accent, its the likes of which you'd find in either cork or Dublin. And Madge is such a Dub that its funny. You'd think that you were watching an episode of Fair City. Read the book. Its better.
Philadelphia, Here I Come!
1974
Drama
Philadelphia, Here I Come!
1974
Drama
6.7/10
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Plot summary
Friel contrasts Gar's cloistered emotional life with his gregarious social persona by portraying him as two distinct characters, a public self (Donal McCann) and a private self (Des Cave).
Director
Top cast
Siobhan McKenna as Madge
David Kelly as Conan O'Byrne
Eamon Kelly as S.B. O'Donnell
Pat Layde as Master Boyle
Tech specs
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU 872.72 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 1
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Adapted from the play, an Irishman goes to the USA.
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Great story, Not a great portrayal of the book.
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