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Release Date:
March 1991 (USA)
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He's let no outsider take it away. more
Plot:
"Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing endlessly for the sake of the land...
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 2 nominations
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(4 articles)
Daniel Craig Moves Into His Dream House
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Brothers – Official Trailer And Teaser Poster
(From AreYouScreening. 13 July 2009, 12:42 PM, PDT)
(From FilmShaft.com. 29 August 2009, 1:02 AM, PDT)
Brothers – Official Trailer And Teaser Poster
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A much overlooked classic
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Richard Harris | ... | 'Bull' McCabe |
 | Sean Bean | ... | Tadgh McCabe |
 | Frances Tomelty | ... | Widow |
| Brenda Fricker | ... | Maggie McCabe |
 | John Hurt | ... | Bird' O'Donnell |
| Ruth McCabe | ... | Tinker Woman |
 | Jer O'Leary | ... | Tinker Girl's Father |
| Noel O'Donovan | ... | Tomás |
| John Cowley | ... | Flanagan |
| Ronan Wilmot | ... | Tinker |
| Jenny Conroy | ... | Tinker Girl |
| Joan Sheehy | ... | 2nd Tinker Woman |
| Sean McGinley | ... | Father Doran |
| Malachy McCourt | ... | Sergeant |
| Frank McDonald | ... | Quarryman |
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Runtime:
107 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:PG |
Spain:13 |
Iceland:12 (video rating) |
Iceland:14 |
Argentina:13 |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-12 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:PG-13 |
UK:12 (original rating) |
UK:15 (video rating)
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In order to secure his role, Richard Harris arranged a meeting with director 'Jim Sheridan' and turned up in full costume and in character. Sheridan, who was initially reluctant to cast Harris because of his difficult reputation, decided to cast him based on this meeting.
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Crew or equipment visible: In the final sequence when Tadhg gets to the edge of the cliff and turns, a crew members head can be seen at his feet.
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"Bull" McCabe:
Go on father, go on. Lock the gates to God's house. Sure they were locked at the time of the Famine too. No priest died the time of the Famine: only poor people like us.
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Featured in The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991) (TV)
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The Field is film which carries a universal message about the ongoing struggle between modernity and traditionalism. It is also a uniquely Irish film which may make some of the scenes lack relevance for an international audience. The meaning of such scenes as the "American Wake", which was essentially a death wake which was held for young Irish people up until as recently as the 1960s on the night before they left for America never to be seen again, might be missed by non-Irish people. However the final scene where the Bull McCabe aka Richard Harris attempts to push back the incoming Atlantic tide speaks of the universal futility of man's attempts to control nature or indeed, inevitable progress.An excellent movie.