Margaret MacNiel, a girl living in a Cape Breton coal mining town, finds her life changing when she meets Neil Currie, a cheerful bagpipe-playing dishwasher. Unfortunately, neither of them are able to escape the industry around them.
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Title: Margaret's Museum (1995)
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10 wins & 6 nominations.
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| Helena Bonham Carter | ... | Margaret MacNeil | |
| Clive Russell | ... | Neil Currie | |
| Craig Olejnik | ... | Jimmy MacNeil | |
| Kate Nelligan | ... | Catherine MacNeil | |
| Kenneth Welsh | ... | Angus MacNeil | |
| Andrea Morris | ... | Marilyn | |
| Peter Boretski | ... | Grandfather Dunald MacNeil | |
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Barrie Dunn | ... | Mr. Campbell |
| Norma Dell'Agnese | ... | Mrs. Campbell | |
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Glenn Wadman | ... | Willy |
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Elizabeth Richardson | ... | Sister |
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Ida Donovan | ... | Sarah |
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Gordon Joe | ... | Hum Sing |
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Wayne Reynolds | ... | Fraser |
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Murdoch MacDonald | ... | Clerk |
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In a town where half the men die down the coalpit, Margaret MacNeil is quite happy being single. Until she meets Neil Currie, a charming and sincere bagpipe-playing, Gaelic-speaking dishwasher. But no matter what you do, you can't avoid the spectre of the pit forever. Written by <rosie@ihug.co.nz>
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Margaret MacNeil: Yes.
Doctor 1: Then you took your husband's lungs? Why?
Margaret MacNeil: Because I wanted to show what a good set of lungs looked like.
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Doctor 1: You took your grandfather's lungs?Margaret MacNeil: Yes.
Doctor 1: Then you took your husband's lungs? Why?
Margaret MacNeil: Because I wanted to show what a good set of lungs looked like.
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26 January 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Margaret's Museum (1995) UK/Canada 114m, Colour Director: Mort Ransen; Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Clive Russell, Craig Olejnik, Kate Nelligan, Kenneth Welsh, Andrea Morris
Margaret's Museum is a dark and tragic love story about a woman's grief and defiance after losing much of her family to the coal mines in Glace Bay Nova Scotia during the 1940s. Based on Sheldon Currie's 1979 novel entitled The Glace Bay Miners' Museum, Margaret's Museum is a beautifully photographed and wonderfully scored film with haunting and unforgettable images and melodies. A deeply moving and original film, Helena Bonham Carter and Clive Russell give remarkably convincing and heartfelt performances in this powerful film about life and death in small Canadian coal mining community (Klaus Ming September 2013).