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Director
Jack Cardiff
Principal Cast
Maggie Smith, Julie Christie, Dame Edith Evans, Michael Redgrave
Category
FeatureLiterature1916 Centenary
Though only loosely based on the early life of Sean O’Casey (renamed Johnny Cassidy), this colourful drama includes key historical moments from 1911 to the late 1920s – the 1913 Lockout, 1916 Rising, and the riots at the opening of The Plough and the Stars, as it charts O’Casey’s ascent from bookish labourer to rebel to internationally renowned playwright. Australian Rod Taylor turns in a muscular performance as Cassidy bedding a series of women (Maggie Smith and Julie Christie) and swaggering through his encounters with Lady Gregory (an imperious turn by Dame Edith Evans) and W.B. Yeats (Michael Redgrave). The film was begun by John Ford but when he became ill, acclaimed cinematographer Jack Cardiff stepped into the chair and directed a lushly hued visual delight – Dublin rarely looked better. Notes by Sunniva O'Flynn
105 minutes, GB, 1965, B&W
BALTIMORE 15.15, 20.45
JEAN EUSTACHE: THE VIRGIN OF PESSAC ‘79 18.30
MONSTER 15.35
PERFECT DAYS 13.00
ROBOT DREAMS 13.00, 18.15 (OC)
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO | OPUS 20.30
THE DELINQUENTS 12.45, 17.15
THE TASTE OF THINGS 20.20
THE ZONE OF INTEREST 16.15
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