FILMAAAngela's Ashes1999

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Name: Angela's Ashes
Genre: drama, adaptation, coming of age
Released: 1999-12-25
Duration: 145 min
Cast: Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, Michael Legge

2h 25m runtime

19992h 25mdrama • adaptation • coming of age

Drama film with a runtime of 145 minutes, released in 1999. Presented in English.

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Runtime2h 25m

Minutes145

One SittingYes

With Break2h 37m

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Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir by Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes is an alternately funny and heartbreaking look at growing up in Ireland. Born in Brooklyn, NY, young Frank (Joe Breen) moves at an early age to Limerick, Ireland, with his parents Angela (Emily Watson) and Malachy (Robert Carlyle), who have been unable to support their family in America and are hoping for better prospects in their home country. But things hardly improve once they settle in Limerick; as McCourt puts it, "Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood. Worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood." Illness and death are commonplace in Limerick, and Malachy's drinking and inability to hold a job make matters worse. Angela's Ashes was directed by Alan Parker, who previously looked at Irish life in The Commitments (1991); Laura Jones wrote the screenplay.

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Runtime2h 25m

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break2h 37m

Movie Facts

Release DateDecember 25, 1999

Runtime2h 25m

LanguageEnglish

Genresdrama, adaptation, coming of age

DirectorAlan Parker

ProducerDavid Brown, Alan Parker

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