Angela's Ashes overview

Angelas Ashes

Synopsis:

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir by Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes is an alternately funny and heartbreaking look at growing up in Ireland. Born in Brooklyn, NY, young Frank (Joe Breen) moves at an early age to Limerick, Ireland, with his parents Angela (Emily Watson) and Malachy (Robert Carlyle), who have been unable to support their family in America and are hoping for better prospects in their home country. But things hardly improve once they settle in Limerick; as McCourt puts it, "Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Alan Parker
  • Studio: Dirty Hands, David Brown Productions, Paramount, Scott Rudin, Universal
  • Year: 1999
  • Run Time: 145 minutes
  • Country: UK, USA, Ireland
  • Language: English
  • Set in: Limerick, Ireland, Brooklyn, New York City, NY
  • MPAA Rating: R (for sexual content and some language)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Drama
  • Filmed in: Color
  • Release: 1999 12 25 (USA)

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