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The Field

Duration:

107 min

Genres:

Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

7.4

Director:

Jim Sheridan

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Details

Country: Ireland

Filming Locations: Aasleigh Church, Aasleigh, County Galway, Ireland

Earnings

Gross: $1,414,017 (USA) Filming Dates 2 October 1989 - December 1989 Copyright Holder © Granada Television Limited 1990 Related Links

Cast

Actor

Character

Tom Berenger

Richard Harris

'Bull' McCabe

Sean Bean

Tadgh McCabe

Frances Tomelty

Widow

Brenda Fricker

Maggie McCabe

John Hurt

Bird' O'Donnell

Ruth McCabe

Tinker Woman

Jer O'Leary

Tinker Girl's Father

Noel O'Donovan

Tomás

John Cowley

Flanagan

Ronan Wilmot

Tinker

Jenny Conroy

Katie - The Tinker Girl

Joan Sheehy

2nd Tinker Woman

Sean McGinley

Father Chris Doran

Malachy McCourt

Sergeant

Frank McDonald

Quarryman

Brendan Gleeson

Quarryman

Eamon Keane

Dan Paddy Andy

Sara Jane Scaife

McRoarty Girl

David Wilmot

Boy at Dance

Rachael Dowling

Girl at Dance (as Rachel Dowling)

Sarah Cronin

Girl at Dance

Peadar Lamb

Paddy Joe O'Reilly

Aine Ni Mhuiri

Priest's Housekeeper

Máirtín Jaimsie

Villager

Tom Jordan

Villager

Johnny Choil Mhaidhc

Villager

Bina McLoughlin

Villager

Spencer Chandler

Villager (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Sean Bean and Richard Harris later acted together in Patriot Games (1992).

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'Eamonn Keane', the actor who played Dan Paddy Andy/Matchmaker in the film, was John B. Keane's brother. John B. Keane was the man who wrote the play The Field, which was eventually made into this film.

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The size of the field is given as 3 acres, 1 rood and 32 perches; in metric measure, this is 1.6 hectares.

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Goofs

In the final sequence when Tadhg gets to the edge of the cliff and turns, a crew members head can be seen at his feet.

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During the opening scene when the donkey is thrown off the cliff, as it hits the water its legs collapse into it. This shows that the donkey was a stuffed animal.

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Quotes

"Bull" McCabe: Outsiders? Are these the same outsiders who took the corn from our mouths when the potatoes went rotten in the ditches?

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"Bull" McCabe: The field is mine.

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"Bull" McCabe: Go on father, go on. Lock the gates to God's house. Sure they were locked at the time of the Famine too. No priest died the time of the Famine: only poor people like us.

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Faq

Is this film based on a novel?

No, it is based on a 1965 play of the same title by John B. Keane. It was partially inspired by the 1959 murder of "Moss" Moore in Reamore, County Kerry.

When is "The Field" set?

The play was premiered in 1965 and was partially based on a 1959 incident, so it's set around the early 1960s. The fact that electricity is a novelty in the area reinforces this date - many rural areas of Ireland were not electrified until the 1960s or even the 1970s.

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