{"id":71,"date":"2017-01-09T19:13:53","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T19:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/irish-cincinnati\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2017-04-05T18:54:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T18:54:47","slug":"irish-american-films","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/exhibits\/irish-cincinnati\/irish-american-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish-American Films"},"content":{"rendered":"

My Wild Irish Rose, <\/em>1947<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directed by: David Butler<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Produced by: Warner Bros.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Starring: Dennis Morgan<\/a>, Andrea King<\/a>, Arlene Dahl<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Irish singer Chauncey Olcott\u2019s rises to Broadway fame thanks to help from singer Lillian Russell, but his lover, Rose, becomes jealous and their relationship meets complication as Olcott must fight for Rose.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Quiet Man, <\/em>1952<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directed by: John Ford<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Produced by: Republic Pictures (I)<\/a>, Argosy Pictures<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Starring: John Wayne<\/a>, Maureen O\u2019Hara<\/a>, Barry Fitzgerald<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Sean Thornton retires from an American boxing career to his hometown in Ireland where he falls in love with Mary Kate Danaher. Mary Kate\u2019s brother disapproves of their courtship causing a stressful journey to their happily ever after.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Miller\u2019s Crossing,<\/em> 1990<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directed by:<\/span> Ethan Coen<\/a>,\u00a0Joel Coen<\/a><\/p>\n

Produced by:<\/span> \u00a0Circle Films<\/a>,\u00a0Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation<\/a><\/p>\n

Starring:<\/span> Gabriel Byrne<\/a>,\u00a0Albert Finney<\/a>,\u00a0John Turturro<\/a><\/p>\n

A fallout between Irish gang boss, Leo O\u2019Bannon, and his right-hand man, Tom Reagan, forces Tom to switch sides and join the Italian mafia during the turf wars over the city and its liquor trade.<\/span><\/p>\n

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State of Grace,<\/em> 1990<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directed by:<\/span> Phil Joanou<\/a><\/p>\n

Produced by:<\/span> Cinehaus<\/a>,\u00a0Orion Pictures<\/a>,\u00a0Rank Organization<\/a><\/p>\n

Starring:<\/span> Ed Harris<\/a>, Gary Oldman<\/a>,\u00a0Sean Penn<\/a><\/p>\n

Terry Noonan becomes an undercover cop after returning home to New York and must balance his conscious while being law enforcement and involved with the local Irish mafia.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Far and Away,<\/em> 1992<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directed by: Ron Howard<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Produced by:<\/span> \u00a0Imagine Films Entertainment<\/a>,\u00a0Universal Pictures<\/a><\/p>\n

Starring:<\/span> Tom Cruise<\/a>,\u00a0Nicole Kidman<\/a>,\u00a0Thomas Gibson<\/a><\/p>\n

Joseph Donnelly leaves Ireland with his landlord\u2019s daughter after troubles with the landlord. Once in America, the two works towards a dream of owning land in Oklahoma.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Angela\u2019s Ashes,<\/em> 1999<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directed by:<\/span> Alan Parker<\/a><\/p>\n

Produced by:<\/span> David Brown Productions<\/a>,\u00a0Dirty Hands Productions<\/a>,\u00a0Scott Rudin Productions<\/a><\/p>\n

Starring:<\/span> Joe Breen<\/a>, Robert Carlyle<\/a>, Emily Watson<\/a><\/p>\n

Based on the memoir by Frank McCourt, it follows the anecdotes told by McCourt about his life growing up as a poor, Catholic, Irish-American in Limerick.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Boondock Saints, <\/em>1999<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directed by: Troy Duffy<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Produced by:<\/span> Franchise Pictures<\/a>,\u00a0Brood Syndicate<\/a>,\u00a0Fried Films<\/a><\/p>\n

Starring:<\/span> Willem Dafoe<\/a>,\u00a0Sean Patrick Flanery<\/a>,\u00a0Norman Reedus<\/a><\/p>\n

Irish American brothers\u2019, Connor and Murphy MacManus, journey as vigilantes begins after they kill Russian mafia out of self-defense; they must skirt the authorities while taking in crime in Boston.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Gangs of New York<\/em>, 2002<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directed by:<\/span> Martin Scorsese<\/a><\/p>\n

Produced by: Alberto Grimaldi Productions<\/a>, Initial Entertainment Group<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio<\/a>, Cameron Diaz<\/a>, Daniel Day-Lewis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Amsterdam, the son of an Irish gang leader infiltrates the gang responsible for murdering his father with plans to kill the leader. Amsterdam\u2019s identity is discovered and his father\u2019s killer and him begin a chase to finish the other off.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kill the Irishman,<\/em> 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directed by:<\/span> Jonathan Hensleigh<\/a><\/p>\n

Produced by:<\/span> Anchor Bay Films<\/a>,\u00a0Code Entertainment<\/a>,\u00a0Dundee Entertainment<\/a><\/p>\n

Starring:<\/span> Vincent D’Onofrio<\/a>,\u00a0Ray Stevenson<\/a>,\u00a0Christopher Walken<\/a><\/p>\n

Based on the true story of Danny Greene, and Irish mobster from Cleveland in the 1970s. Greene was responsible for the turf war which resulted in the downfall of mafia across the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Brooklyn<\/em>, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directed by:<\/span> John Crowley<\/a><\/p>\n

Produced by:<\/span> BBC Films<\/a>,\u00a0HanWay Films<\/a>,\u00a0Telefilm Canada<\/a><\/p>\n

Starring:<\/span> Saoirse Ronan<\/a>,\u00a0Emory Cohen<\/a>,\u00a0Domhnall Gleeson<\/a><\/p>\n

Eilis Lace immigrates to New York from Ireland and experiences a roller-coaster of emotions as she overcomes homesickness and finds herself torn between her life in the United States and her life in Ireland.<\/span><\/p>\n

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