O'Donoghue's Opera
8
1998
0 hr 37 min
Comedy
In this mock opera infused with gallows humour, Ronnie Drew and his band of bohemian merrymakers, The Dubliners, re-enact the execution ballad ‘The Night Before Larry Was Stretched’. Larry finds himself caught in a hangman’s noose as just reward for being ‘the best burglar in all Ireland’. Made in 1965, the film remained uncompleted and unseen until its restoration in 1998.
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- Cast：
- Ronnie Drew , Ciarán Bourke , Luke Kelly , Barney McKenna , Bobby Lynch , John Sheahan
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Reviews
It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.
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The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.
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Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
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This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
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