Far and Away 1992  PG-13, 140 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Thomas Gibson, Robert Prosky, Barbara Babcock, Colm Meaney, Rance Howard, Clint Howard, Cyril Cusack, Michelle Johnson, Eileen Pollock, Douglas Gillison, Wayne Grace, Niall Toibin, Jared Harris
Spectacular scenery of Ireland forms the early backdrop of this film about Irish immigrants who come to America in the late 1800s in search of land. Tenant farmer Joseph Donnelly (Tom Cruise) is working in western Ireland when his father is killed during a protest against ruthless landowner Daniel Christie (Robert Prosky). Joseph seeks vengeance, but Daniel's daughter Shannon (Nicole Kidman) stabs Joseph. While he is recovering, Shannon convinces Joseph to join her on a trip to America to acquire land during the Oklahoma land rush. Shannon and Joseph set out on the voyage but encounter obstacles along the way. They finally arrive in Oklahoma and have fallen in love, but Shannon's father is now following them with plans to take Shannon back home to Ireland.
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Lovespell 1981  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Tristan and Isolde
Director: Tom Donovan
Cast: Nicholas Clay, Kate Mulgrew, Richard Burton, Niall O'Brien, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Cyril Cusack, Diana Van der Vlis, Kathryn Dowling, Niall Toibin, Trudy Hayes
During a trip to Ireland, King Mark of Cornwall (Richard Burton) falls in with Isolde (Kate Mulgrew), and, after returning home, he sends his nephew Tristan (Nicholas Clay) to Isolde with a marriage proposal. On the trip back to Cornwall, Tristan and Isolde fall in love, and Isolde gives Tristan a magic potion that will bind the lovers together forever. Even Isolde's marriage to King Mark will not dissolve the bond.
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The Nephew 1998 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Eugene Brady
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Hill Harper, Aislin McGuckin, Donal McCann, Niall Toibin, Sinead Cusack, Phelim Drew, Lorraine Pilkington, Luke Griffin, Tony Rohr
Tony's sister sailed to America years ago, never to be heard from again until her son, Chad (Hill Harper), appeared in the little Irish town of her birth to scatter her ashes. Old conflicts soon resurface between Tony (Donal McCann) and a bar owner, Joe Brady (Pierce Brosnan), and come into focus when Chad begins dating Brady's daughter (Aislin McGuckin).
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The Outsider 1980  R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Luraschi
Cast: Craig Wasson, Patricia Quinn, Sterling Hayden, Niall Toibin, Elizabeth Begley, T.P. McKenna, Allan Cuthbertson, J.G. Devlin, Ray McAnally, Niall O'Brien, Frank Grimes, Bosco Hogan, Joe Dowling, Aiden Grennell, Joe McPartland
A young American, Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), encouraged by the stories told by his grandfather Seamus (Sterling Hayden), returns home from Vietnam and travels to Ireland where he helps the IRA. But Michael becomes the target of an IRA plot to kill him and blame the British forces as a means to get financial support from wealthy Irish-Americans.
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Rat 2000  PG, 88 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Steve Barron
Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, Imelda Staunton, Frank Kelly, David Wilmot, Kerry Condon, Andrew Lovern, Veronica Duffy, Ed Byrne, Niall Toibin, Peter Caffrey
Hubert (Pete Postlethwaite) loves to drop by the pub for drinks and gambling in this Irish fable. One evening while on his way home he changes into a rat–a big white one. His long-suffering wife (Imelda Staunton) figures it's just another of his many tricks, but the others of his family and friends view his situation differently. Odd, but somewhat fun.
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| 1. Far and Away (1992)
2. Lovespell (1981)
aka: Tristan and Isolde
3. The Nephew (1998)
4. The Outsider (1980)
5. Rat (2000)
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