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Dancing At Lughnasa
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Synopsis
Irish director Pat O'Connor helmed this adaptation of Brian Friel's 1990 play which won three Tony awards in addition to UK Olivier and Evening Standard awards. Friel's portrait of five Irish sisters takes place in 1936 on a Donegal farm. The unmarried Mundy sisters are barely surviving. Middle-aged schoolteacher Kate (Meryl Streep) is the eldest, overseeing pretty Christina (Catherine McCormack), lively Maggie (Kathy Burke, re-creating her Tony award-winning role), reliable Agnes (Brid Brennan), and Rose (Sophie Thompson), who has a secret affair with a married man. Christina is the mother of eight-year-old Michael (Darrell Johnston), beneficiary of much attention from his four aunts. The story of a turning-point summer is told in retrospect by the adult Michael and begins when the sisters welcome their older brother Jack (Michael Gambon) as he returns home from missionary work in Africa. Michael's father Gerry Evans (Rhys Ifans) makes an unexpected arrival, winning back both Michael and mom before joining the International Brigade to fight Franco in Spain. Kate loses her teaching position, and the sister's income from their handwoven clothing is threatened by the announced opening of a woolens factory. Shown at 1998 fests (Venice, Toronto). ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Cast

Brid Brennan Agnes Mundy
Lorcan Cranitch Danny Bradley
Michael Gambon Father Jack Mundy
John Kavanagh Father Carlin
Marie Mullen Vera McLoughlin
Kate O'Toole Chemist
Meryl Streep Kate Mundy
Sophie Thompson Rose Mundy
Catherine McCormack Christina Mundy
Kathy Burke Maggie Mundie
Rhys Ifans Gerry Evans
Dawn Bradfield Sophie McLoughlin
Peter Gowen Austin Morgan
Darrell Johnston Michael Mundy

Production Crew

Clodagh Conroy Art Director
Connor Devlin Art Director
Mary Selway Casting
Kenneth MacMillan Cinematographer
Bill Whelan Composer (Music Score)
Joan Bergin Costume Designer
Pat O'Connor Director
Humphrey Dixon Editor
Jane Barclay Executive Producer
Robert Quinn First Assistant Director
Gerrit Folsom Line Producer
Brian Friel Play Author
Noel Pearson Producer
Mark Geraghty Production Designer
Frank McGuinness Screenwriter
Kieran Horgan Sound/Sound Designer
Terry Pritchard Supervising Art Director
Year: 1998
Runtime: 92
Country: UK
MPAA Rating: PG
for mild language and thematic elements
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama

Color type
Rank color

Sound
Dolby digital

Produced by
Capitol
Channel 4
Ferndale Films
Irish Film Board
Radio Telefis Eireann

Release
November 13, 1998 (USA)
by Sony Pictures Classics

Awards
1998 - Best Picture - National Board of Review