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Diary of a City Priest (2001)
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Sometimes the only true struggle is the one within.Plot:
David Morse plays Father John McNamee, a catholic priest who accepts a position at an inner-city church... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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(Credited cast)| David Morse | ... | Father John McNamee | |
| Thomas Ryan | ... | Father Dave Hagan | |
| Philip Goodwin | ... | St. Francis of Assisi | |
| Ana Reeder | ... | St. Therese | |
| Robert Sella | ... | St. Malachy | |
| Judy Bauerlein | ... | Sister Mary | |
| Marylouise Burke | ... | Sister Grace | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Nancy Ding | ... | Loving Couple | |
| J.D. Jackson | ... | Kurt | |
| Christopher Kadish | |||
| Audrey Kelley | ... | Cop | |
| Doug Megson | ... | Young Father Dave Hagan | |
| Sean Oliver | ... | Young Father McNamee | |
| LauraLee O'Shell | ... | Maid of Honor | |
| Peter Patrikios | ... | Drug Addict (as Peter Petrikios) | |
| Charley Scalies | |||
| Brian Anthony Wilson | ... | Loc | |
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This short film is an awful adaption of Father John MacNamee's excellent non-fiction book, Diary of a City Priest. In the film, Father MacNamee is shown conversing with various saints who appear to him in visions, making him seem like a schizophrenic, which he is not. Furthermore, the film ignores Father MacNamee's struggles with the Catholic Church, including his refusal to serve as a strike breaker during a Catholic School teachers' strike, a decision which resulted in his being exiled from the Cathedral where he worked to an inner city parish. Do yourself a favor, read the book, ignore the movie.