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Genre/Form: | DVD-Video discs Documentary films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Nonfiction films Short films |
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Named Person: | Samuel Beckett; Samuel Beckett |
Material Type: | Videorecording |
Document Type: | Visual material |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Samuel Beckett; Michael Colgan; Alan Moloney; Michael Lindsay-Hogg; Neil Jordan; Kieron J Walsh; Charles Sturridge; Larry Masterson; Pearse Lehane; Atom Egoyan; Damien O'Donnell; Walter D Asmus; John Crowley; Karel Reisz; Patricia Rozema; David Mamet; Katie Mitchell; Damien Hirst; Charles Garrad; Conor McPherson; Enda Hughes; Robin Lefèvre; Anthony Minghella; Timothy Bricknell; Richard Eyre; Blue Angel Films (Dublin, Ireland); Tyrone Productions.; Raidió Teilifís Éireann.; Channel Four (Great Britain); Bord Scannán na hÉireann.; Emdee 2000 Productions.; Clarence Pictures. |
OCLC Number: | 49787852 |
Notes: | Actual title of documentary: Check the gate: putting Beckett on film. Originally produced in 2000. "Radio Telefís Éireann & Channel 4 in association with Bord Scannán na hÉireann."--Container. Special features include: Stills gallery ; interviews with John Crowley, John Hurt, Ricahrd Eyre, Charles Garrad, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Enda Hughes, Neil Jordan, Anthony Minghella, Patricia Rozema, Charles Sturridge, Kieron J. Walsh. |
Credits: | Produced by Michael Colgan & Alan Moloney. |
Cast: | [Disc 1]. (Waiting for Godot): Stephen Brennan, Barry McGovern, Sam McGovern, Johnny Murphy, Alan Stanford ; (Not I): Julianne Moore ; (Rough for theatre I): David Kelly, Milo O'Shea ; (Ohio impromptu): Jeremy Irons ; (Documentary): narrator, Garrett Keogh; interviews, Pearse Lehane. [Disc 2]. (Krapp's last tape): John Hurt ; (What where): Sean McGinley, Gary Lewis ; (Footfalls): Susan Fitzgerald, Joan O'Hara ; (Come and go): Paola Dionisotti, Anna Massey, Sian Phillips ; (Act without words I): Sean Foley. [Disc 3]. (Happy days): Rosaleen Linehan, Richard Johnson ; (Catastrophe): Harold Pinter, Rebecca Pidgeon, John Gielgud ; (Rough for theatre II): Jim Norton, Timothy Spall, Hugh B. O'Brien ; (Breath): voice, Keith Allen ; (That time): Niall Buggy. [Disc 4]. (Endgame): Michael Gambon, David Thewlis, Charles Simon, Jean Anderson ; (Act without words II): Pat Kinevane, Marcello Magni ; (A piece of monologue): Stephen Brennan ; (Play): Alan Rickman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Juliet Stephenson ; (Rockaby): Penelope Wilton. |
Target Audience: | Recommended for general audiences (UK). |
Description: | 4 videodiscs (600 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (39 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
Details: | DVD, all regions, widescreen; Dolby Digital. |
Contents: | [disc 1]. Waiting for Godot / director, Michael Lindsay-Hogg (113 min.) -- Not I / directed by Neil Jordan ; produced by Stephen Woolley (14 min.) -- Rough for theatre I / directed by Kieron J. Walsh ; (18 min.) -- Ohio impromptu / directed by Charles Sturridge (10 min.) -- Documentary / an Emdee 2000 production for RTE ; written & directed by Pearse Lehane ; producer, Larry Masterson (2001, 52 min.). [disc 2]. Krapp's last tape / directed by Atom Egoyan (60 min.) -- What where / directed by Damien O'Donnell (12 min.) -- Footfalls / directed by Walter Asmus (27 min.) -- Come and go / directed by John Crowley (8 min.) -- Act without words I / directed by Karel Reisz (15 min.). [disc 3]. Happy days / director, Patricia Rozema (77 min.) -- Catastrophe / directed by David Mamet (6 min.) -- Rough for theatre II / directed by Katie Mitchell (28 min.) -- Breath / directed by Damien Hirst (1 min.) -- That time / directed by Charles Garrad (19 min.). [disc 4]. Endgame / director, Conor McPherson (81 min.) -- Act without words II / directed by Enda Hughes (11 min.) -- A piece of monologue / directed by Robin Lefèvre (19 min.) -- Play / directed by Anthony Minghella ; produced by Tim Bricknell (16 min.) -- Rockaby / directed by Richard Eyre (13 min.). |
Other Titles: | Check the gate: putting Beckett on film. |
Responsibility: | Blue Angel Films & Tyrone Productions for RTE & 4 in association with Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board ; produced by Michael Colgan & Alan Moloney. |
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Abstract:
"The comprehensive cinematic interpretation of Beckett's plays."--Container.
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