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Release Date: 1999

Cast: Aaron Geraghty, Ciaran Owens, Michael Legge, Joe Breen, Devon Murray, Sean Carney Daly, Andrew Bennett, Liam Carney, Eanna MacLiam, Peter Halpin, Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle ...MORE

Cast: Aaron Geraghty, Ciaran Owens, Michael Legge, Joe Breen, Devon Murray, Sean Carney Daly, Andrew Bennett, Liam Carney, Eanna MacLiam, Peter Halpin, Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Pauline McLynn, Shane Murray-Corcoran, Ronnie Masterson ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Period piece, Biography, Coming of age, Family Drama, Film adaptation

Angela's Ashes is a 1999 Irish-American drama film based on the memoir of the same title by Frank McCourt. It was directed by Alan Parker and starred Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, and Michael Legge (the latter three playing the Young, Middle and Older Frank McCourt respectively). Angela's Ashes tells the story of Frank McCourt and his childhood after his family are forced to move from America back to Ireland because of financial difficulties and family problems derived from his father's alcoholism. The film chronicles young McCourt's life in Limerick, Ireland,... MORE

Angela's Ashes is a 1999 Irish-American drama film based on the memoir of the same title by Frank McCourt. It was directed by Alan Parker and starred Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, and Michael Legge (the latter three playing the Young, Middle and Older Frank McCourt respectively). Angela's Ashes tells the story of Frank McCourt and his childhood after his family are forced to move from America back to Ireland because of financial difficulties and family problems derived from his father's alcoholism. The film chronicles young McCourt's life in Limerick, Ireland, during his childhood in the 1930s and '40s, the difficulties that ensued, and finally Frank's way of earning enough money to return to the land of his dreams: America. Michael Legge was praised for his portrayal of the adolescent Frank. In particular, he was said to acquiesce his role as an innocent teenager growing up with typical coming of age rites such as sexuality, maturity and peer pressure in a Catholic Irish setting. Although set in Limerick, many street scenes were filmed in Cork. For example, the 'fleas in the mattress' scene was filmed at Farren Street, Blackpool, whilst other scenes were LESS