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Angela's Ashes (1999)
7.1
Ratings: 7.1/10 from 11,930 users
Metascore:
54/100
Reviews: 156 user | 96 critic | 32 from Metacritic.com Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the... See full summary » Director:Alan Parker |
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Grandma Sheehan
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Pauline McLynn | ... |
Aunt Aggie
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Liam Carney | ... |
Uncle Pa Keating
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Eanna MacLiam | ... |
Uncle Pat
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Andrew Bennett | ... |
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Shane Murray-Corcoran | ... |
Young Malachy
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Middle Malachy
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Peter Halpin | ... |
Older Malachy
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Aaron Geraghty | ... |
New Born Michael
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Sean Carney Daly | ... |
Baby Michael
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Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family in Brooklyn, but following the death of one of Frankie's siblings, they return home, only to find the situation there even worse. Prejudice against Frankie's Northern Irish father makes his search for employment in the Republic difficult despite his having fought for the IRA, and when he does find money, he spends the money on drink. Written by KB-26
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
The Hopes of a Mother. The Dreams of a Father. The Fate of a Child.Genres:
DramaParents Guide:
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Language:
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Las cenizas de Ángela See more »Box Office
Budget:
$25,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$54,628 (USA) (26 December 1999) (6 Screens)Gross:
$13,038,660 (USA) (21 May 2000)Company Credits
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Written by A. Johnson and J. Burke
Performed by Billie Holiday See more »
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Goofs
Revealing mistakes: As Frankie McCourt cycles to the sanatorium to visit the stricken Theresa, a television aerial can be seen on the roof of the building. RTE, the Irish TV broadcaster, didn't start transmission until 1961. See more »Quotes
Narrator: [First lines] When I look back on my childhood, I wonder how my brothers and I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood. The happy childhood is hardly worth telling. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood. And worse still is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.See more »
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"Pennies from Heaven"Written by A. Johnson and J. Burke
Performed by Billie Holiday See more »
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