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Young Cassidy (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
105 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1965 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Jack Cardiff

Written By:
Sean O'Casey
John Whiting

Actors:
Rod Taylor ..... John Cassidy
Flora Robson ..... Mrs. Cassidy
Jack MacGowran ..... Archie
Siân Phillips ..... Ella
T.P. McKenna ..... Tom
Julie Ross ..... Sara
Robin Sumner ..... Michael
Philip O'Flynn ..... Mick Mullen
Maggie Smith ..... Nora
Julie Christie ..... Daisy Battles
Pauline Delaney ..... Bessie Ballynoy
Edith Evans ..... Lady Gregory
Michael Redgrave ..... W.B. Yeats
Arthur O'Sullivan ..... Foreman
Joe Lynch ..... 1st Hurler

Synopsis:

Young Cassidy is based upon the autobiographical writings of firebrand Irish author Sean O'Casey. Rod Taylor is Cassidy, a boisterous boy who digs ditches to support his mother (Flora Robson) and sister (Sian Phillips). In his spare time, Cassidy is active with the Irish revolutionary movement against the occupying British. He still finds time enough for romance, notably with trashy chorine Julie Christie (in her first major role) and timid librarian Maggie Smith. Cassidy's latent writing talents are encouraged by such Irish literary giants as W.B. Yeats (Michael Redgrave) and Lady Gregory (Edith Evans), and in typically expeditious Hollywood fashion Our Hero almost instantly becomes a Man of Letters. John Ford began the direction of Young Cassidy, but fell ill and had to relinquish his responsibilities to Jack Cardiff; even the most diehard auteurist will have trouble discerning the personal "signature" of either director.

Biographical drama based on the early life of playwright Sean O'Casey, depicting his rise from the 1910 Dublin slums to the celebrated openings of his early plays. Johnny Cassidy, an impoverished idealist whose ambitions are restricted by the demands of looking after his family, journeys through the social injustices of Dublin life - involving himself with the rowdy tramway-men strike, dawdling with prostitute Daisy Battles, seeking a better life. He falls in love with bookshop assistant Nora who encourages him toward a life of writing. Finding success at the Abbey Theatre, his unorthodox views estrange him from family, friends and his own past.

Story is essentially the life of Irish playwright Sean O'Casey from his humble beginnings to his rise to international acclaim with "The Plough and the Stars"

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 03 December, 2010.

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