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Angela's Ashes

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starring: Andrew Bennett, Joe Breen, Robert Carlyle, Oisin Carney Daly, Sean Carney Daly

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9786305872054
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305872058
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 18, 2000
Running Time: 145 minutes
Sales Rank: 71813
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: January 21, 2000

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Because Frank McCourt's bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir Angela's Ashes was dearly embraced by millions of readers, it was perhaps inevitable that Alan Parker's film version would prove somewhat disappointing. McCourt's book is blessed with subtleties of language and detailed observation that do not easily lend themselves to screen interpretation, and Parker's film suffers from an overly literal, reverently somber approach that lacks the cumulative emotions of McCourt's account of impoverished youth in Ireland. And where McCourt was able to leaven his family's suffering with tenacious humor and fighting Irish spirit, Parker's film provides precious little uplift in the course of 145 minutes.

The film is by no means an artistic failure. While admirably avoiding sentiment, Parker is nearly peerless in his direction of children, and the three actors playing Frank at ages 7, 11, and 15 are uniformly superb. As photographed by Michael Seresin, the re-created lanes of Limerick, Ireland are almost painfully authentic in the cold, gray dampness that permeates nearly every scene. (This is surely one of the wettest films ever made.) As the McCourt parents--chronically depressed Angela and recklessly drunken Malachy--Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle successfully bypass the pitfalls of melodrama in a film that could have wallowed in bathos. And while Parker's anecdotal approach falls short in conveying the fullness of McCourt's experience (the director fared better with the Irish rockers of The Commitments), Angela's Ashes captures a specific time and place with vivid force, remaining loyal to the spirit of Frank McCourt's beloved tale of survival. --Jeff Shannon

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- Transcending Poverty in Ireland
Frank and Malachy McCourt as children were living in poverty with their parents in New York, such destitution that the family was forced to return to poverty-stricken Ireland in order to survive. They were one of the few Irish families that viewed the Statue of Liberty on their way out of the harbor instead of coming in.
Their father was a good man with serious flaws. He was unable to find work, and whenever he got some extra money, he spent it on booze rather than on his family. He was not ... Read More

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- angela's ashes
this is a book that you do not want to keep returning to the library, get one of your own, it is that great!!! also "tis"by the same author: frank mc court. but be wary, you may book a flight to limeric, ireland!

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- 'Tis Magnificent!
Frank McCourt has a way with words! His memoir of growing up poor in Ireland, with a drunk for a father and lazy, shiftless mother is written without malice. He and his brothers are left to their own devices to keep themselves fed, warm and clothed when Frank, the oldest is not even four years old. They live in a house where the main floor floods every year and they have to wade through the sewage to live in the remaining room upstairs until the water recedes. They grow so cold that they resort to tearing ... Read More

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- arguably one of the most depressing and bleak movies I have ever seen
This movie is worth watching once. I had not read the book, so I had no idea what to expect. It is arguably one of the most depressing and bleak movies I have ever seen. Poverty is rampant in this movie and I dont think it ever stopped raining through the movie. It didnt escape me that the only speck of noticeable color in the movie is Angelas coat. The acting is magnificent and the sets were very well done and believable.

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- Not exactly like the book, but good just the same
I bought the DVD of Angela's Ashes after purchasing the audio CD of the book (which I highly, highly recommend). Starting with the audion CD, I was enthralled in listening to Frank McCourt's own voice (almost as if he was telling his whole childhood story just to me). I actually was so disappointed when the book ended (because it had me so captivated), I couldn't wait to see the movie. So, I bought it. Now, the strengths of the movie are that you get to see some beautifulm and tragic, areas of where the McCourts ... Read More

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