Information
- BFI identifier510670
- Date1999 (Copyright)
2000-01-14 (Release) - Production countryUSA, United Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisThe story is based on the memoirs of Irish writer Frank McCourt's life and his poor beginnings, firstly spent in Brooklyn, New York, then back in Limerick, Ireland during the 1930's. The family is beset by numerous hardships, not the least of which are the premature deaths of several children in the family, and their feckless father's inability to keep a job, mainly due to his drinking habits. (Synopsis)
- Genre
- Subject
- Credits
- CastEmily Watson (Angela McCourt)
Robert Carlyle (Dad, Malachy McCourt)
Joe Breen (young Frank)
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Title
Angela's Ashes (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/4A82-378F-A802-91F8-5A8A-7Category
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
- Collections
- Film / Video
35mm Colour Positive - Polyester - Combined - Master
view all - Scripts / DocumentsEphemera: publicity - PBS-510670
ANGELA'S ASHES - Information folder - ITM-8559
Angela's Ashes (1999) - Documentation - Material relating to the film 'Angela's Ashes' directed by Alan Parker, based on the 1996 memoir by Frank McCourt of growing up in poverty in 1930s Limerick. Includes scripts, drafts, notes, correspondence, casting, call sheets, production reports, photographs and stills, posters and advertising. The film opened on 25 December 1999 in the USA and 14 January 2000 in the UK. See also: - PKR-1-21
Information folder held. Unfilmed small pressbook held.
view all - Posters / DesignsPoster: film - single sheet portrait poster showing boy with tongue out - PD-10861
Poster: film - One sheet poster. Features a photographic image of a boy facing the camera, with a street and washing line in the background - PD-10862
Poster: film - Single Sheet, Landscape, 1017mm X 763mm Poster - PD-11617
Poster: film - Single Sheet, Landscape, 1017mm X 763mm Poster - PD-11703
Poster: film - Single sheet portrait - PD-19603
view all - StillsPhotograph: publicity - Portrait - Colour - bfi-00n-qis
Photograph: transparency - Portrait - Colour - bfi-00m-lys
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00m-k8v
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00m-k8u
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00m-k8t
view all - ArticlesScreen International n1559 18 Aug 2006 - Note, TablesSight and Sound v10 n1 January 2000 - Credits, Review, SynopsisSoundtrack! The Collector's Quarterly v19 n73 Spring 2000 - Short ArticleEmpire n116 February 1999 - Short ArticleFilm West n35 February 1999 - Short Articleview all
- Books
- +Angela's Ashes
Work - 510670 - 1999 (Copyright)
USA - Film - Fiction
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