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6.1/10   255 votes
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Writers:
Hugh Leonard (play)
Hugh Leonard (screenplay)
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Release Date:
July 1988 (USA) more
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Plot:
A New York playwright is summoned to Ireland to bury his father (his "Da"). While at his boyhood home... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Reviews:
Remarkable working of the parental death grief process more (12 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Barnard Hughes ... Da

Martin Sheen ... Charlie
William Hickey ... Drumm
Karl Hayden ... Young Charlie
Doreen Hepburn ... Mother
Hugh O'Conor ... Boy Charlie
Ingrid Craigie ... Polly
Joan O'Hara ... Mrs. Prynne
Jill Doyle ... Mary 'The Yellow Peril'
Peter Hanly ... Young Oliver
Maurice O'Donoghue ... Older Oliver
Amiee Clark ... Danielle
Frank McDonald ... 'Cat' McDonald
Marie Conmee ... Nurse
Ronan Wilmot ... Taxi Driver
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Runtime:
102 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

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Barnard Hughes won the 1978 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "Da" for portraying the title role and recreating it in the movie version. more
Quotes:
Young Charlie: If you ran into me Da with a motor car, he'd thank you for the lift. more

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3 out of 3 people found the following review useful.
Remarkable working of the parental death grief process, 25 June 2000
Author: Brigid O Sullivan (wisewebwoman) from Toronto, Canada

Martin Sheen can do no wrong in my book. All his roles reflect reality and truth and this film is no exception. Any one of us who has lost a crotchety, cranky old parent can relate to this movie as Martin tries to understand his history with his father and how it has shaped him and impacted on him. Barnard Hughes is a delight as is the boss from the office. I have known these people in Ireland, they lived and breathed all around me in the sixties. Well done again, Hugh Leonard.

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