Ulysses (1967)

James Joyce's masterpiece incarnated: The story of two seperated Dublin wanderers, Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus, struggling to control their personal lives.

Director:

Joseph Strick

Writers:

Fred Haines (screenplay), James Joyce (novel)

Stars:

Milo O'Shea, Barbara Jefford, Maurice Roëves

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Milo O'Shea	...	Leopold Bloom
Barbara Jefford	...	Molly
Maurice Roëves	...	Stephen Dedalus
T.P. McKenna	...	Buck Mulligan
Anna Manahan	...	Bella Cohen
Chris Curran	...	Myles Crawford
Fionnula Flanagan	...	Gerty MacDowell (as Fionnuala Flanagan)
Geoffrey Golden	...	The Citizen
Martin Dempsey	...	Simon Dedalus
Eddie Golden	...	Martin Cunningham
Maire Hastings	...	Mary Driscoll
David Kelly	...	Garrett Deasy
Graham Lines	...	Haines
Desmond Perry	...	Bantam Lyons (as Des Perry)
Rosaleen Linehan	...	Nurse Callan

Storyline

Dublin; June 16, 1904. Stephen Dedalus, who fancies himself as a poet, embarks on a day of wandering about the city during which he finds friendship and a father figure in Leopold Bloom, a middle-aged Jew. Meanwhile, Bloom's day, illuminated by a funeral and an evening of drinking and revelry that stirs paternal feelings toward Stephen, ends with a rapprochement with Molly, his earthy wife.

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Plot Keywords:

stream of consciousness | scatological humor | based on novel | interior monologue | dublin ireland | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

June 1967 (UK)

Also Known As:

Alucinação de Ulisses

Filming Locations:

Gate Theatre, Dublin, Ireland

Company Credits

Production Co:

Laser Film Corporation, Ulysses Film Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

132 min

Sound Mix:

Mono 4-Track Stereo

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One morning Maurice Roeves arrived on set in his underclothes. He'd been posing for publicity stills on the rocks of Sandycove when a big wave knocked him into the sea which wasn't serious as he was a strong swimmer but the suit he was wearing ready for a scene was ruined delaying filming until a replacement was found.

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Quotes

Buck Mulligan: Thus spake Zarathustra!

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Alternate Versions

In the theatrical version, the Nighttown sequence began with a white super reading reading "Nighttown" scrolling across the screen. The DVD release omits the super.

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Connections

Referenced in Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (2001)

User Reviews

This is a brilliant film--especially the script and the casting, and most especially Milo O'Shea as Bloom--of an unfilmable novel.

As if the film were not of value in itself, this is an excellent way to get an overview of the novel as a preface to reading it. In the summer of 1968 I saw the film in NYC; that fall in graduate school, I read the book for the first time. Some of the pleasure in reading the novel was my memory of the scrupulously detailed film. And for better or worse--and I've now read and taught the novel for over three decades--Milo O'Shea is still Leopold Bloom.