| Description |
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion picture. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; 16:9 presentation; Dolby digital 5.1. |
| Language |
English dialogue; optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Pierce Brosnan, Aidan Quinn, Julianna Margulies, Stephen Rea, John Lynch, Sophie Vavasseur, Alan Bates. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, André Fleuren ; editor, Humphrey Dixon ; music, Stephen Endelman. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2002. |
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Wide screen (2.35:1). |
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Special features: 2 commentary soundtracks, one with Bruce beresfora, and one with Pierce Brosnan and Beau St. Clair; behind-the-scenes featurette; Evelyn: the story behind the story; trailer. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG; for thematic material and language. |
| Summary |
Inspired by a custody case brought before the Irish courts in 1955, Desmond Doyle is a father fighting for the custody of his three children after abandonment by their mother. Due to the Irish law of the time, children could not be raised by one parent in what the courts considered a broken home, thus allowing the Doyle children to be placed in church run orphanages, where neglect and cruelty were not out of the ordinary. Desmond will take his fight to the highest courts to win their freedom. |
| Subject |
Father and child -- Ireland -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Custody of children -- Ireland -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Children -- Institutional care -- Ireland -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Orphanages -- Ireland -- Dublin -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Ireland -- Social conditions -- 1922-1973 -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Child abuse -- Ireland -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Legal films.
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Biographical films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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DVD-video discs.
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| Added Author |
Beresford, Bruce, film director.
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Pender, Paul, screenwriter.
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St. Clair, Beau, film producer.
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Ohoven, Michael, film producer.
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Brosnan, Pierce, actor, film producer.
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Margulies, Julianna, 1966- actor.
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Rea, Stephen, actor.
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Quinn, Aidan, actor.
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Lynch, John, 1961- actor.
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Vavasseur, Sophie, 1992- actor.
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Bates, Alan, 1934-2003, actor.
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United Artists (Firm), presenter.
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First Look Media (Firm), presenter.
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Cinerenta (Firm), presenter.
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Irish Dreamtime (Firm), production company.
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Olive Films, publisher.
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| Standard No. |
887090132114 |
| Music No. |
OF1321 Olive Films |
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