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The Dead

1987, Movie, PG, 83 mins

DEAD, THE
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This sublime adaptation of the last story in James Joyce's Dubliners is John Huston's final film, and it is as beautiful, delicate and moving an epitaph as any filmmaker could ever desire. Daughter Anjelica Huston stars as Gretta, a turn-of-the-century Irish woman whose memories of the past are stirred one chilly winter night. Read the complete review for The Dead
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James Joyce story of a marriage in turn-of-the-century Dublin upset by the wife's reminiscence of an old love. John Huston's last film and one of his best!
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Length: 02:02
Posted: 3/17/2008
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The final film of legendary director John Huston was based on the closing story of James Joyce's Dubliners. Anjelica Huston is top-billed as Gretta Conroy, the niece by marriage of turn-of-century Irish spinsters Kate Morkan and Julia Morkan. At the home of these two curious ladies, Gretta is prodded into remembering her long-dead lover. She tearfully reveals to her husband that the deceased boy may well have died on her behalf.
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Length: 01:23:31
Posted: 2/20/2009
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The final film of legendary director John Huston based was on the closing story of James Joyce's Dubliners. Anjelica Huston is top-billed as Gretta Conroy, the niece (by marriage) of turn-of-the-century Irish spinsters Kate Morkan and Julia Morkan. At the home of these two curious ladies, Gretta is prodded into remembering her long-dead lover. She tearfully reveals to her husband that the deceased boy may well have died on her behalf.
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Length: 01:24:00
Posted: 10/7/2009
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The final film of legendary director John Huston based was on the closing story of James Joyce's Dubliners. Anjelica Huston is top-billed as Gretta Conroy, the niece (by marriage) of turn-of-the-century Irish spinsters Kate Morkan and Julia Morkan. At the home of these two curious ladies, Gretta is prodded into remembering her long-dead lover. She tearfully reveals to her husband that the deceased boy may well have died on her behalf.
Paid | Amazon Video on Demand
Length: 01:24:00
Posted: 10/7/2009
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Year: 1987
Rated PG

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Cast
Anjelica Huston: Gretta Conroy
Donal McCann: Gabriel Conroy, Her Husband
Rachael Dowling: Lily
Cathleen Delany: Aunt Julia Morkan
Helena Carroll: Aunt Kate Morkan
Ingrid Craigie: Mary Jane

 

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