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1978 Australian film

The Irishman
Directed by	Donald Crombie
Written by	Donald Crombie
Based on	The Irishman by Elizabeth O'Conner
Produced by	Anthony Buckley
Starring	Michael Craig Simon Burke Robyn Nevin John Clayton
Production companies	Forest Home Films South Australian Film Corporation
Release date	1978 (1978)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	A$840,000 (est.)
Box office	A$$622,000

The Irishman is an Australian 1978 romantic drama film directed and written by Donald Crombie.

Cast

Michael Craig as Paddy Doolan
Simon Burke as Michael Doolan
Robyn Nevin as Jenny Doolan
John Clayton as Sam Brookes
Roger Ward as Kevin Quilty

Production

The film is based on the 1960 book by Elizabeth O'Conner, and was written and directed by Donald Crombie for whom it was "a labour of love".

The movie was budgeted at $767,000 but went $800,000 over. It was filmed in May through to July in 1977.

Release

The film was a disappointment at the box office. Crombie later said he thought it was five to ten minutes too long, and suffered from being released soon after The Mango Tree, another coming of age period movie set in Queensland, when there was a backlash against period films.

References

^ David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p147-149
Australian Films at the Box Office - Report to Film Victoria accessed 5 Oct 2012
"The Irishman" – via www.imdb.com.
"Interview with Donald Crombie", Signet, 18 December 1998 accessed 16 November 2012
Peter Beilby & Scott Murray, "Donald Crombie", Cinema Papers, Oct-Nov 1978 p131-132

External links

The Irishman at IMDb
The Irishman is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

v t e Films directed by Donald Crombie
Films	Caddie (1976) The Irishman (1978) Cathy's Child (1979) The Killing of Angel Street (1981) Kitty and the Bagman (1983) Robbery Under Arms (1985) Playing Beatie Bow (1986) Rough Diamonds (1994) Selkie (2000)
TV Movies	Who Killed Jenny Langby? (1974) (documentary) Do I Have to Kill My Child? (1976) Slippery Slide (1980) The Saint: Fear in Fun Park (1989) The Feds: Terror (1993)
TV Mini-series	Cyclone Tracy (1986) The Alien Years (1988) The Heroes (1989) The River Kings (1991) Heroes II: The Return (1991)
TV Series	Time Trax (1993–1994) Flipper (1995–1997) Tales of the South Seas (1998) McLeod's Daughters (2001–2002)

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