Synopsis: In 1980s NYC, a man dies while killing three crooks who were planning to murder his brother. Years later, word that the man might still be alive revives the feud. A gritty drama, with Elijah Wood, Oliver Platt. watch
Angela's AshesPaid | Amazon Video on Demand
Length: 02:26:00
Posted: 10/7/2009
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. Worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood." Illness and death are commonplace in Limerick, and Malachy's drinking and inability to hold a job make matters worse. Angela's Ashes was directed by Alan Parker, who previously looked at Irish life in The Commitments (1991); Laura Jones wrote the screenplay. watch
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Length: 01:07:00
Posted: 6/30/2009
Young Irish immigrant, Alan Cooke contemplates the great metropolis New York City, and the very meaning of home itself. A vivid moving and poetic portrayal of life in contemporary New York featuring a host of celebrities, native New Yorkers and immigrants via candid interviews, Liam Neeson, Mike Myers, Susan Sarandon, Alfred Molina, Rosie Perez, Colin Quinn, Pete Hamill, Frank and Malachy McCourt, Fran Lebowitz, David Amram, Elaine Kaufman, Drew Nieporent, Armand DiMele, Vinny Vella and Woody Allen. watch
