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Director:
Matt Clark
Writers:
Hugh Leonard (play)
Hugh Leonard (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
July 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Fantasy more
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 more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Charlie & Brooke Sheen Have Sports-Themed Baby Shower
 (From PEOPLE.com. 21 February 2009, 6:30 AM, PST)

Irish Playwright Leonard Dies
 (From WENN. 13 February 2009, 12:15 AM, PST)

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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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Additional Details

Runtime:
102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Australia:PG | USA:PG

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The original Broadway production of "Da" by Hugh Leonard opened at the Morosco Theater in New York on May 1, 1978, ran for 697 performances and won the 1978 Tony Award for the Best Play. Barnard Hughes recreated his stage role in the movie version and the screenplay was written by Hugh Leonard who wrote the original stage play. more
Quotes:
Charlie: What is it like to die?
Da: [pauses] I didn't care for it.
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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Liked the film, recommend it., 15 August 1999
Author: P. McNamee from London, England

The caption for this film was "Charlies father is dead, he won't lie down and he won't shut up!" Charlie is played by Martin Sheen (who also shared executive producer roles)returning to his home town in Southern Ireland to attend to his late father's (Barnard Hughes) affairs. from here he relives his childhood and confronts the past with comic results. the comedy is in the dialogue rather than the action. The film avoids Irish cliches and captures 1950's Ireland well.

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