The Dead 1987  PG, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Donal McCann, Anjelica Huston, Helena Carroll, Cathleen Delany, Rachael Dowling, Dan O'Herlihy, Sean McClory, Colm Meaney, Ingrid Craigie, Marie Kean, Donal Donnelly, Frank Paterson, Maria McDermottroe, Kate O'Toole, Maria Hayden
This is John Huston's final film effort–he died before it was released. One of Huston's best films, this is the adaptation of a James Joyce short story about the reminiscences of a group of friends attending a party. Spinsters Aunt Kate (Helena Carroll) and Aunt Julia (Cathleen Delany) live in Dublin and are giving a New Year's Eve party in 1904. A young couple, Gabriel and Gretta Conroy (Donal McCann and Anjelica Huston), are enjoying the party until Gretta is prodded by Kate and Julia to remember her long-lost lover. As secrets from Greta's past are revealed, Gabriel begins to question the lack of passion in his own life.
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Tears in the Rain 1988  TV, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Sharon Stone, Christopher Cazenove, Leigh Lawson, Paul Daneman, Maurice Denham, Anna Massey, Rachael Dowling, Harry Burton, Colette Stevenson, Stephanie Cole, Janet Price, Donald Gee
As her last request, Casey's (Sharon Stone) mother (Colette Stevenson) had asked her to deliver a mysterious letter to Lord Richard Bredon (Paul Daneman). Casey travels to London, gives Lord Bredon the letter, and during the visit falls in love with his son Michael (Christopher Cazenove). Problems lie ahead when it is suggested that Casey and Michael may be separated siblings, but all is cleared up by story's end.
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| 1. The Dead (1987)
2. Tears in the Rain (1988)
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