The Dead
December 1, 2008John Huston’s Comedy-Drama of James Joyce’s Great Story The Dead
Call Number: VHS00449
by John Huston; Wieland Schulz-Keil; Chris Sievernich; Anjelica Huston; Donal McCann; Tony Huston; James Joyce; Vestron Video (Firm); Zenith Productions.; Vestron Pictures.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Stamford, CT : Vestron Video, 1988.
Notes: Originally released in 1987 (82 mins.); Based on The Dead by James Joyce; Nominated for two 1988 Academy Awards;
Summary: Details a Christmas dinner at the house of three spinster musician sisters in 1904 Dublin, attended by friends and family. Among the visitors are the sisters’ nephew Gabriel Conroy and his wife Gretta. The evening’s reminiscences bring up melancholy memories for Gretta about her first, long-lost love when she was a girl in rural Galway. Her recounting of this tragic love to Gabriel brings him to an epiphany: he learns the difference between mere existence and living.
OCLC #: 18863538
Added: December 1, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
