Dublineses (The Dead) DVD
Product Description
Title: Dublineses (The Dead) (1987)
Runtime: 83 min
Color: Color
Format: DVD Region ALL (Playable on any DVD player World Wide)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Cast: Anjelica Huston ... Gretta Conroy  Donal McCann ... Gabriel Conroy Dan O'Herlihy ... Mr. Browne  Donal Donnelly ... Freddy Malins Helena Carroll ... Aunt Kate Cathleen Delany ... Aunt Julia  Ingrid Craigie ... Mary Jane Rachael Dowling ... Lily Marie Kean ... Mrs. Malins Frank Patterson ... Bartell D'Arcy Maria McDermottroe ... Molly Ivors Sean McClory ... Mr. Grace  Kate O'Toole ... Miss Furlong (as Katherine O'Toole)  Maria Hayden ... Miss O'Callaghan Bairbre Dowling ... Miss Higgins
Plot Summary: John Huston's last film is a labor of love at several levels: an adaptation of perhaps one of the greatest pieces of English-language literature by one of Huston's favorite authors, James Joyce; a love letter to the land of his ancestors and the country where his children grew up; and the chance to work with his screenwriter son Tony and his actress daughter Anjelica. The film is delicate and unhurried, detailing a Christmas dinner at the house of two spinster musician sisters and their niece in turn-of-the-century Ireland, attended by friends and family. Among the visiting attendees are the sisters' nephew Gabriel Conroy and his wife Gretta. The evening's reminiscences bring up melancholy memories for Gretta concerning her first, long-lost love when she was a girl in rural Galway. Her recounting of this tragic love to Gabriel brings him to an epiphany: he learns the difference between mere existence and living. The all-Irish cast and careful period detail give the piece richness and gravity, and Donal McCann and Anjelica Huston are unforgettable as the Conroys.
Cast: Anjelica Huston ... Gretta Conroy  Donal McCann ... Gabriel Conroy Dan O'Herlihy ... Mr. Browne  Donal Donnelly ... Freddy Malins Helena Carroll ... Aunt Kate Cathleen Delany ... Aunt Julia  Ingrid Craigie ... Mary Jane Rachael Dowling ... Lily Marie Kean ... Mrs. Malins Frank Patterson ... Bartell D'Arcy Maria McDermottroe ... Molly Ivors Sean McClory ... Mr. Grace  Kate O'Toole ... Miss Furlong (as Katherine O'Toole)  Maria Hayden ... Miss O'Callaghan Bairbre Dowling ... Miss Higgins
Plot Summary: John Huston's last film is a labor of love at several levels: an adaptation of perhaps one of the greatest pieces of English-language literature by one of Huston's favorite authors, James Joyce; a love letter to the land of his ancestors and the country where his children grew up; and the chance to work with his screenwriter son Tony and his actress daughter Anjelica. The film is delicate and unhurried, detailing a Christmas dinner at the house of two spinster musician sisters and their niece in turn-of-the-century Ireland, attended by friends and family. Among the visiting attendees are the sisters' nephew Gabriel Conroy and his wife Gretta. The evening's reminiscences bring up melancholy memories for Gretta concerning her first, long-lost love when she was a girl in rural Galway. Her recounting of this tragic love to Gabriel brings him to an epiphany: he learns the difference between mere existence and living. The all-Irish cast and careful period detail give the piece richness and gravity, and Donal McCann and Anjelica Huston are unforgettable as the Conroys.
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