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Conflict

Original title: Catholics
  • Episode aired Mar 20, 1978
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 16m
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6.3/10
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Martin Sheen and Trevor Howard in Conflict (1973)
Drama

Set in Ireland where the Catholic Church has been superseded by a repressive order with new ideas. When a group of Irish monks rebel, a Vatican official is sent to bring order once more.Set in Ireland where the Catholic Church has been superseded by a repressive order with new ideas. When a group of Irish monks rebel, a Vatican official is sent to bring order once more.Set in Ireland where the Catholic Church has been superseded by a repressive order with new ideas. When a group of Irish monks rebel, a Vatican official is sent to bring order once more.

  • Director
    • Jack Gold
  • Writer
    • Brian Moore
  • Stars
    • Trevor Howard
    • Raf Vallone
    • Martin Sheen
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    417
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jack Gold
    • Writer
      • Brian Moore
    • Stars
      • Trevor Howard
      • Raf Vallone
      • Martin Sheen
    • 24User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Trevor Howard
    Trevor Howard
    • The Abbot
    Raf Vallone
    Raf Vallone
    • Father General
    Martin Sheen
    Martin Sheen
    • Father Kinsella
    Cyril Cusack
    Cyril Cusack
    • Father Manus
    Andrew Keir
    Andrew Keir
    • Father Matthew
    Godfrey Quigley
    Godfrey Quigley
    • Father Walter
    Michael Gambon
    Michael Gambon
    • Brother Kevin
    Leon Vitali
    Leon Vitali
    • Brother Donald
    Seamus Healy
    • Brother Pius
    John Kelly
    John Kelly
    • Brother Paul
    John Franklyn
    • Brother Martin
    Patrick Long
    • Brother Sean
    Cecil Sheridan
    • Brother Malachy
    Tom Jordan
    Tom Jordan
    • Father Terrence
    Liam Burk
    • Brother Daniel
    Richard Oliver
    • Brother Alphonsus
    Richard Oliver
    • Brother Alphonsus
    Frank Howard
    • Father Colum
    • Director
      • Jack Gold
    • Writer
      • Brian Moore
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    • Trivia
      Filmed on-location in Ireland and at the Abbey, Sherkin Island, Skibbereen, County Cork.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Lonely Passion of Brian Moore (1986)

    User reviews24

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    5/10
    So what's wrong with a Latin Mass?
    Not being a Catholic, I think I'm a bit lost in criticizing the movie. I can't understand for the life of me what the big problem was.

    Not that the liberalizing tendencies of John XXIII were bad, they didn't go far enough, but they were a step in the right direction. But if older priests set in their ways wanted to say a Latin mass, why couldn't they?

    Martin Sheen is an emissary from the Vatican who's come to this really remote island off the coast of Ireland which some television station broadcast a Latin Mass said by the Father Abbott Trevor Howard. In the Russian Orthodox Church there's this crowd called Old Believers who practice their religious rites from before the Patriarch Nikon introduced his reforms. I'm guessing what Howard is fostering there is a nest of Catholic old believers.

    Anyway Sheen's come from the Vatican with a cease and desist order and it's met with hostility by Howard and the monks in his charge.

    Call me ignorant here, I plead guilty to it, but why can't the Vatican just make the English or Latin Mass optional? Certainly these guys might take positions on other issues I'd have serious problems with and so would other people. It seems that what language you do your religious observance in should be a matter of choice. If they want to say it Latin, let them.

    Of course other issues are touched on, but that ain't why Sheen's there. He and Howard give good performances of two generations of Catholic clergy in conflict.

    But should non-Catholic viewers of the film really care?
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    • bkoganbing
    • Apr 9, 2007

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    • Release date
      • March 20, 1978 (West Germany)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Catholics
    • Filming locations
      • The Abbey, Sherkin Island, Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland(location shooting)
    • Production companies
      • HTV
      • Hemisphere Productions
      • Hemisphere Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 16 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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