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Helena Carroll | ... | Aunt Kate |
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Cathleen Delany | ... | Aunt Julia |
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Rachael Dowling | ... | Lily |
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Kate O'Toole | ... | Miss Furlong (as Katherine O'Toole) |
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Bairbre Dowling | ... | Miss Higgins |
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Maria Hayden | ... | Miss O'Callaghan |
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Cormac O'Herlihy | ... | Mr. Kerrigan |
| Colm Meaney | ... | Mr. Bergin | |
| Ingrid Craigie | ... | Mary Jane | |
| Dan O'Herlihy | ... | Mr. Brown | |
| Anjelica Huston | ... | Gretta | |
| Donal McCann | ... | Gabriel | |
| Sean McClory | ... | Mr. Grace (as Seán McClory) | |
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Frank Patterson | ... | Bartell D'Arcy |
| Marie Kean | ... | Mrs. Malins | |
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On the lightly snowy evening of January 6, 1904 in Dublin, elderly spinster sisters Kate and Julia and their niece, Mary Jane - all music teachers or performers, past or present - are hosting their annual Epiphany party and dinner, and, with the exception of Mary Jane's new crop of students and the young gentlemen tasked with keeping them company, most of the guests have attended in previous years. Kate and Julia's nephew Gabriel and his wife Gretta hold integral roles for the evening, Gabriel, who, in addition to being Freddy Malins caregiver if he gets too drunk as is often the case, is to carve the dinner goose and provide the evening's main toast, while Gretta is to present the pudding. With the added unexpected excitement provided by Irish nationalist Molly Ivors for Gabriel, the party basically goes according to script. As most of the guests have departed and just before Gabriel and Gretta are to do the same - this year they staying in a downtown hotel instead of making the long... Written by Huggo
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18 December 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$69,074, 20 December 1987, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
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From the opera "I Puritani di Scozio" by Vincenzo Bellini
Sung by Cathleen Delaney
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"The Dead" (1914) is the final short-story in source Irish poet and novelist James Joyce's "Dubliners" (1914) collection anthology. See more »Alternate Versions
Ten minutes of the film have been omitted from the 2009 DVD release. See more »Soundtracks
Arrayed for the BridalFrom the opera "I Puritani di Scozio" by Vincenzo Bellini
Sung by Cathleen Delaney
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This is a wonderful evocation of a previous age. True, it is slow moving but that is definitely part of its charm. Stately and elegant - a fitting tribute to an iconic director! Not many films can boast such a unique form. Top marks to the director for having the bravery to create such a work of art that may have seemed commercially non-viable. I doubt very much a piece like this would be given the green light in today's action-driven, dumbed-down movie environment. Does a good job of adapting the James story and also brings a little something extra to it as well as all truly good art should - it is not enough merely to emulate. Wonderful film and not to be missed!