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The Field [1990] (REGION 1) (NTSC) starring: Richard Harris, John Hurt, Sean Bean, Frances Tomelty, Brenda Fricker directed by: Jim Sheridan |
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Binding: DVD EAN: 0012236124948 Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen Label: Live/Artisan Manufacturer: Live/Artisan Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Live/Artisan Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 26, 2002 Running Time: 107 minutes Studio: Live/Artisan Theatrical Release Date: 1991-03 Sales Rank: 26328 MPN: D12494D Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Irish director Jim Sheridan made The Field after scoring an art house hit and Oscar nominations for his previous film, My Left Foot. Set in Ireland during the 1930s, this ambitious and hard-hitting drama is about one man's obsession with a plot of land that his family has tended for generations. The results are decidedly mixed, and it's obvious that this kind of tragic allegory is better suited for the stage (where it originated as a play by John B Keane). What makes the film worthwhile is the Oscar-nominated performance by Richard Harris as "Bull" McCabe, the fiercely stubborn man who's nurtured a prime field of rented land for decades, only to lose it when the owner auctions the land to an unwelcome American (Tom Berenger). Rather than sacrifice his life's work to this brazen invader, McCabe wages a personal war with powerfully tragic results. It's unfortunate that this potent drama never really connects on an emotional level, but Harris is never less than fascinating in a role that virtually seems to consume him as an actor. His performance approaches greatness, even when the film falls somewhat short of its dramatic ambitions. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Richard Harris in his elementFor the first ten minutes or so, I was pretty sure I was going to hate The Field. Every Irish cliché in casting and plotting is present: burly men with short tempers and long memories of the Potato Famine, family secrets, dead sons, weak heirs and overbearing fathers, Brenda Fricker's silent tough-as-nails wife, Francis Tomelty's widow woman scorned for the crime of coming from another village, Jenny Conley's tinker's girl, even the village priest played by an actor out of Father Ted and a score full of fiddles and ondes martinets from Elmer Bernstein. And look, isn't that John Hurt with blacked out teeth playing the village eejit? It is that. There's no evil English landlord, but at times there's the very real threat that it's going to spin ... Read More: Rating:  - The green field of Eire, OI'm a bit puzzled by the existing reviews except for Mary's, who at least doesn't disparage clear allegory for not being recondite enough. Irish reviewers at the time of the movie noticed the final scene's riff on one of the Cu Chulainn myths, with him beating back the waves from the body of the son he himself had killed in a fit of madness, the more-than-passing resemblance of the contours of The Field in question to the 32 county-island, the homage to the classic black-and-white film The Informer in the pub scene where Bird is accused, the priest's material comfort and lack of any understanding of the Lockean notion that toiling the land, not ownership of capital, conveys title to being able to continue working the land. ... Read More: Rating:  - At least it wasn't for a Yank burger shackLand developers beware of Irish backwaters - they're more trouble than they're worth. Old "Bull" McCabe (Richard Harris) and son Tadgh (Sean Bean) open THE FIELD by tossing the body of a donkey off a cliff into a body of water, and are then seen gathering seaweed, which they schlep over the mountains on their backs. It obviously isn't Kansas. As it turns out, Tadgh had killed the donkey when it broke down a wall and trespassed into the McCabe's field, a three-acre piece of pasture that Bull (and his forebears before him) have toiled over. The seaweed is used as fertilizer. After so many decades of sweat, the elder McCabe is convinced that the land is rightly his, though he pays monthly rent to an Englishwoman for the privilege of working ... Read More: Rating: - The way it isWhat a load of rubbish. This film is set in rural Kerry and brings shame to this beautiful corner of the earth. First of all i wsould like to say that the script was rubbish and that Richard Harris made a crying shame of himself when accepting this hidious role. The Bull/bully is a strange character to say the least and his relationship with his wife is strange to say the least. The Yank(played with gusto) by Tom Berenger is the hero of the piece and is the one I feel sorry for as this film concludes. The sub-plot involving Tadgh(bulls son) and the tinkers daughter is astonishingly stupid. Finally I would like to say the special effects at the end were rubbish. If a film like the Terminator, which was made six years previously, can make the effects ... Read More: Rating:  - Powerful, one of Harris's best performanceOriginally cast as a minor role (the priest), Richard Harris met director Jim Sheridan for dinner. At dinner Harris gradually resorted to the character of the Bull McCabe. By the end of the meal Harris had the lead part. During a lull in Harris's career, this film revived it. Harris received an Oscar and Golden Globe nomination, and secured his place as one of the great actors of all time. An extremely rich, powerful and ponient film with many layers, it is one of my favourite films. A film rich in scenery and devoid of any Hollywood glam dust. I suggest everyone to watch this movie. |
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