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Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
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Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

2003
52m
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

2003

Runtime

52m

Storyline

Follows the "Beckett on Film" project, which produced film adaptations of writer Samuel Beckett's nineteen stage plays. The documentary features excerpts from the "Beckett on Film" versions of "Not I", "Krapp's Last Tape", "Endgame", "What Where", and "Waiting for Godot".

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
52m
Feb 5, 2003
Languages
English
Director
Pearse Lehane
Production
Emdee 2000 Productions
Emdee 2000 Productions
Ambrose Video Publishing
Ambrose Video Publishing
RTÉ
RTÉ
Channel 4 Television
Channel 4 Television
Screen Scene
Screen Scene
Production Countries
Ireland
United Kingdom
Official Website

Top Cast

41 Cast Members

Alan Moloney

Alan Moloney

Self - Producer

Joe Mulholland

Joe Mulholland

Self - Executive Producer (RTE)

Stephen Brennan

Stephen Brennan

Self - Lucky ("Waiting for Godot")

John Crowley

John Crowley

Self - Director ("Come and Go")

Paola Dionisotti

Paola Dionisotti

Self - From "Come and Go"(archive footage)

Atom Egoyan

Atom Egoyan

Self - Director ("Krapp's Last Tape")

Sean Foley

Sean Foley

Self - Man ("Act Without Words I")

Michael Gambon

Michael Gambon

Self - Hamm (archive footage)

John Gielgud

John Gielgud

Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")

Enda Hughes

Self - Director ("Act Without Words II")

John Hurt

John Hurt

Self / Self - Krapp ("Krapp's Last Tape")

Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons

Self - Reader / Self - Listener ("Ohio Impromptu")

Neil Jordan

Neil Jordan

Self - Director ("Not I")

Garrett Keogh

Self - Narrator (voice)

Pat Kinevane

Pat Kinevane

Self (archive footage)

Pearse Lehane

Self - Interviewer

Gary Lewis

Gary Lewis

Self (archive footage)

Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Self - Director ("Waiting for Godot")

Rosaleen Linehan

Rosaleen Linehan

Self - From "Happy Days"(archive footage)

Marcello Magni

Self (archive footage)

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