 Angela's Ashes 1999  R, 145 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, Michael Legge, Ronnie Masterson, Pauline McLynn, Liam Carney, Eanna MacLiam, Andrew Bennett, Shane Murray-Corcoran, Devon Murray, Peter Halpin, Daire Lynam, Ben O'Gorman
Set in Ireland and based on the best-selling true story by Frank McCourt (played by Joe Breen as a child, Ciaran Owens as a pre-teen, and Michael Legge as a teenager), this is his story of growing up in poverty. Frank was born in Brooklyn, but his parents Angela (Emily Watson) and Malachy (Robert Carlyle) take the family home to Limerick, Ireland where they suffer heartbreak and tribulations often caused by Malachy's heavy drinking. The story, however, also represents hope, for through it all Frank dreams of escaping his plight and moving to America.
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The Dawning 1988  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Knights
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard, Tara MacGowran, Hugh Grant, Ronnie Masterson, John Rogan, Joan O'Hara, Charmian May, Ann Way, Mark O'Regan
Life is good for young Nancy Gulliver (Rebecca Pidgeon) in 1920s Ireland, except for the crush on staid Harry (Hugh Grant) who, in turn, loves another. Things change for Nancy when an Irish rebel terrorist (Anthony Hopkins) shows up at her beach house, and she becomes involved in Irish activism against the British. The good cast includes Trevor Howard (in his last film) as Nancy's grandfather and Jean Simmons as her aunt.
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| 1. Angela's Ashes (1999)
2. The Dawning (1988)
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