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Writers:
Peter Chelsom (screenplay)
Peter Chelsom (story)
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Release Date:
February 1992 (USA) more
Tagline:
There's definitely magic in the air
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Peter Chelsom to crash 'Vegas'
(From Monsters and Critics. 21 August 2009, 11:22 AM, PDT)
Peter Chelsom To Direct Last Vegas
(From EmpireOnline. 21 August 2009, 12:39 AM, PDT)
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Chelsom's Song more (21 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Brian Flanagan | ... | Young Micky O'Neill | |
| Constance Cowley | ... | Nurse | |
| Marie Mullen | ... | Micky's Mum | |
| Phil Kelly | ... | Ronnie Lavelle | |
| Jean Blanchflower | ... | Ronnie's Mum | |
| Adrian Dunbar | ... | Micky O'Neill | |
| Tara Fitzgerald | ... | Nancy Doyle | |
| John Dair | ... | Derek | |
| Stephen Marcus | ... | Gordon | |
| John Neville Rufus Altman | ... | Oscar Harrison | |
| Joe Cuddy | ... | Franc Cinatra | |
| Britta Smith | ... | Kitty Ryan | |
| Gladys Sheehan | ... | Grandma Ryan | |
| Gina Moxley | ... | Brenda Ryan | |
| Rúaidhrí Conroy | ... | Grandson Ryan |
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Canada:113 min | Ireland:113 min | Spain:105 min | USA:104 min | Argentina:113 min
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Black and White | Color (Metrocolor)
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Argentina:13 | Iceland:L | Australia:M | Germany:6 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R
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Josef Locke was a real Irish tenor who enjoyed great success after the Second World War, to the extent that, in 1948, he was earning approximately £2,000 a week. Then in the 1950s the taxman became interested in his earnings and Locke subsequently disappeared. Around about the same time, a new singer of similar build and vocal style called Mr X started appearing in clubs and everyone started to believe that this was in fact Locke under a new guise. Among those who were particularly convinced were the legions of women whom Locke had reputedly slept with, as the man had an enviable reputation as a ladykiller. more
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Micky O'Neill: Think of the publicity your comeback would have. And the women, the women! There won't be a dry seat in the house. more
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I don't think Peter Chelsom's appreciation will grow much today, with audiences and critics more inclined to pyrotechnics, flamboyant styles and cynic approach to mankind's troubles. Chelsom is a skilled filmmaker, but for today's tastes his cinema seems too close to the audience's soft hearts, and that is probably his less attractive trait. I like a few of his movies: "The Mighty", "Serendipity" as predictable as it is, and my favorites "Funny Bones" and "Hear My Song" which he also wrote. Both deal with a search and possess a frenetic and funny approach to human foibles, and in this case an enthusiastic leading character, as played by Adrian Dunbar who also co-wrote. He is a nightclub administrator who keeps cheating on his patrons, bringing mediocre artists to perform. When he brings a fake tenor who humiliates his future mother-in-law (Shirley-Ann Field, who had an affair with the real tenor), he embarks on the almost impossible: finding the real singer, who cannot step on Irish soil due to tax evasion. Ned Beatty gives the performance of his life (and that's a lot to say) as the singer, leading the story to a moving conclusion.