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| Director: | Matt Clark | 
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| Writer: | Hugh Leonard | 
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| A New York playwright is summoned to Ireland to bury his father. While at his boyhood home, he encounters his father's spirit and relives memories both pleasant and not. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 29, 1988 | 
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| Director: | Matt Clark | 
| Writer: | Hugh Leonard | 
| Genres: | Drama | 
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| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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| Barnard Hughes | Da | 
| Martin Sheen | Charlie | 
| William Hickey | Drumm | 
| Doreen Hepburn | Mother | 
| Karl Hayden | Young Charlie | 
| Hugh O'Conor | Boy Charlie | 
| Name | Job | 
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| Hugh Leonard | Screenplay | 
| Matt Clark | Director | 
| Elmer Bernstein | Music | 
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| Julie Corman | Producer | 
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'It was a long time before I realuzed that love turned upside down is love for all that.' Adapted by Leonard from his memory play, tapping into his own accomplished memoirs, the film covers a childhood and early career before and after Ireland’s ‘Emergency’. The script’s strong, a nuanced look at ... an adolescent’s and expat’s shifting feelings about home and the past. Its conceits translate well, too: Charlie faces both his late father and his younger self, disappointed by his past, present, and future. The characters and cast are grand, especially Hughes (who won a Tony for the stage role). The weakest links are the prodigal/producer Sheen and a dodgy timeline. Watch the film. But read the play.