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VHS : Dancing at LughnasaIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Gerard McSorley, Catherine McCormack, Kathy Burke directed by: Pat O'Connor  Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780767819558 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC ISBN: 0767819551 Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Release Date: May 24, 1999 Running Time: 95 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: November 13, 1998 Sales Rank: 14612 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com: This affecting, bittersweet tale--adapted from Brian Friel's semi-autobiographical Tony Award-winning play--examines the emotional lives of the five unmarried Mundy sisters in 1936 rural Ireland. In their mutual care is 8-year-old Michael (sweetly understated Darrell Johnston), the illegitimate son of youngest sister Christina (Braveheart's Catherine McCormack). A voice-over from the adult Michael recalls that significant summer, in the month of August, during the feast of Lughnasa. The bolder townfolk dance around a fire to Lugh, an ancient god of light. Yes, this is fiercely Roman Catholic Ireland and Lugh a pagan god, but that irony is at the core of the film, the hypocrisy of tradition. The dramatic change in the richly metaphoric movie comes with the arrival of two men: eldest sibling--and only Mundy brother--Jack (Michael Gambon), a priest returning from many years in Africa, now addled, and Christine's long-absent lover and Michael's father, the charmingly flighty Gerry (Rhys Ifans). Beautiful music and excellent performances highlight the film, which also features gorgeous cinematography of the Irish countryside. Meryl Streep is stern eldest sister Kate; Kathy Burke is lively Maggie; Brid Brennan (who appeared in the stage play) is thoughtful caretaker Agnes; and Sophie Thompson is simple sweet Rose. It's a quiet film, but one filled with ironic and haunting meaning. Directed by Pat O'Connor (Circle of Friends). --N.F. Mendoza Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Dancing at LughnasaI LOVE this movie....firstly because I am Irish and can really relate to the story. Secondly, just to watch Meryl Streep play her role with such a convincing Irish accent,makes me admire her more than ever. Many of my Irish friends can recite lines from the movie off by heart......it is a treasure Rating:  - TOO MUCH TALKING AND TOO LITTLE DANCINGFIRST LET ME SAY THAT THERE IS NO BIGGER FAN OF MERYL STREEP THAN I AM. THAT BEING SAID, THIS MOVIE WAS A DISAPPOINTMENT. I HAD HEARD JAMES LIPTON EXTOLL THE VIRTUES OF MERYL'S IRISH DANCING IN THIS FILM WHICH MADE ME WANT TO SEE IT. HER DANCING LASTED ALL OF THREE MINUTES! SHE IS HER USUAL TERRIFIC SELF, BUT THE MOVIE WAS TOO SLOW FOR ME. Rating: - Lovely period piece of Ireland"Dancing at Lughnasa" meanders winningly through a summer in 1936 in Donnegal, Ireland. It's a child's memory of the summer -- with four aunts, an uncle, his unmarried mother,a free spirit father and, always present, the magnificent green countryside of Ireland. A countryside so beautiful that one can hardly believe that suffering could take place there. Still,as the summer slowly unfolds, the viewer takes in the real complexities of the family's life, with worries about food and money and work ... Read More Rating: - Grim, but beautifulIt's 1936 Ireland, and the world is on the verge of many things. The five Mundy sisters live together in a small cottage with Michael, the love child they all share. Comes summer and two men come to change their lives. Father John, the elder brother, has returned from his mission in Africa--he says, to die. Gerry, Michael's father also comes to stay the summer before he goes to enlist to fight Franco in Spain. The film depicts a world of contrasts--Catholic strictures ... Read More Rating: - A worthy Irish film adaptation of an exquisite Irish play: DANCING AT LUGHNASAI had the great good fortune to see Brian Friel's stage play DANCING AT LUGHNASA live in 1992.It was a phenomenal, yet bit of a downer piece of work (it was Irish after all....and we Irish don't seem to do comedy all that well!!!). How did this moving play about five cloistered sisters in remote Donegal translate to the big screen? Actually, quite well.I have watched it several times now, and upon my most recent viewing,I,again, was struck at how the poignant Bill Whelan soundtrack and the ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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