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19 March 2004 (UK) morePlot:
Ash Wednesday is set in the Manhattan of the early 1980's and is about a pair of Irish-American brothers (Burns and Wood) who become embroiled in a conflict with the Irish Mob. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Frodo? Oh no! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Brian Burns | ... | Cousin Mike Moran | |
| Vincent Rubino | ... | Vinny Boombata | |
| Jimmy Cummings | ... | J.C. (as James Cummings) | |
| Elijah Wood | ... | Sean Sullivan | |
| Pat McNamara | ... | Murph | |
| John DiResta | ... | Pete at the Bar | |
| Edward Burns | ... | Francis Sullivan | |
| Malachy McCourt | ... | Whitey | |
| Chris McGovern | ... | Whitey's Driver (as Christopher McGovern) | |
| Peter Gerety | ... | Uncle Handy | |
| Jimmy Burke | ... | Red Kelly (as James Burke) | |
| Stephen Murphy | ... | Whitey's Man | |
| Brian Delate | ... | Crazy George Cullen | |
| Teresa Yenque | ... | Mrs. Diaz | |
| Julie Hale | ... | Maggie Shea |
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Rated R for pervasive language and some violence.Parents Guide:
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Finland:K-15 | Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | Canada:14A | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:18 | USA:R | Iceland:16Fun Stuff
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Factual errors: During conversation, the police detective reminds the priest about the murder "three years ago" and the priest concurs, saying it was three years ago to the day. Both dates in the film are supposed to be Ash Wednesday however, which falls on a different date each year -namely 46 days before Easter - and can occur anywhere from the first week of February until mid March. In 1983 (being the date that the murders took place in the film) Ash Wednesday fell on February 16th and in 1986, it was celebrated on the 12th of February. moreSoundtrack:
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This must have been the movie that taught Eddie Burns the lesson that casting is the most important part of getting a good performance out of your actors and making your story believable. Elijah Wood: Totally wrong for the Sean part. Ed Burns owns the Francis part and watching Elijah Wood play his younger brother is like watching a kid off the monkey bars trying to stand up to a high school bully. They are not even on the same playing field. And we are to believe that this same kid is married to Rosario Dawson. The prospect of this matchup is like watching Dudley Moore and J-Lo dating.
All of the other good stuff that is going on: Period piece of Hell's Kitchen, etc., is overshadowed by the bad casting decision of having Elijah Wood be Burn's brother. Whatayagonnado? Lessons learned.