| Fools of Fortune | |
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| Directed by | Pat O'Connor |
| Screenplay by | Michael Hirst |
| Based on | Fools of Fortune by William Trevor |
| Produced by | Sarah Radclyffe |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Jerzy Zielinski |
| Edited by | Michael Bradsell |
| Music by | Hans Zimmer |
| Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Palace Pictures |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £2.5 million |
| Box office | USD$83,490 |
Fools of Fortune is a 1990 Irish romantic drama film directed by Pat O'Connor and written by Michael Hirst based on the 1983 novel by Irish writer William Trevor. It depicts a Protestant family caught up in the conflict between the British Army and the IRA during the Irish War of Independence.
Cast
- Iain Glen as Willie Quinton
- Sean T. McClory as young Willie
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Marianne
- Julie Christie as Mrs. Quinton
- Catherine McFadden as Imelda
- Amy-Joyce Hastings (credited as Amy Hastings) as Geraldine Quinton
- Michael Kitchen as Mr. Quinton
- Hazel Flanagan as Deirdre Quinton
- Frankie McCafferty as Tim Paddy
- Niamh Cusack as Josephine
- John Kavanagh as Johnny Lacy
Production
It was filmed on location in Dublin, County Westmeath, Galway and at Ardmore Studios.
Release
The film went to VHS and Laserdisc, but has not yet appeared on DVD.
New York Times reviewer Vincent Canby described the film as "an ambitious mess, of interest only because of the chance to see Christie, who becomes more and more tautly beautiful with the years, and Mastrantonio, who is also beautiful and does an extremely credible upper-class English accent." The Washington Post described it as "a passionate, mystifyingly awkward bit of filmmaking".
References
- "Fools of Fortune (1990)". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com.
- BFI.org
- ^ Hinson, Hal (27 October 1990). "'Fools of Fortune'". The Washington Post.
External links
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