The Field RTE 1

SEPT 23 1989

Masterpiece

kneemos

If you miss it,just wait a few weeks.

branie2

Watching it now.

SEPT 23 1989

Ah now Bull

Your Face

I was never too gone on the film but Richard Harris' performance was unreal.

- Do you know anything about a missing donkey Bull?

- It's missing

BoroMan32

Go on now Tadgh.

riffmongous

Outsiders?

SEPT 23 1989

BoroMan32 wrote: »

Go on now Tadgh.

Spin her Tadgh

donkeykong5

Deleted User wrote: »

- Do you know anything about a missing donkey Bull?

- It's missing

You talking about me ???

SEPT 23 1989

Here’s the yank now

malinheader

One that you can't help but watch whenever it's on. Classic.

SEPT 23 1989

The Islanders

Even the Bull thought they were strange

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Tadgh: What age was I when Seami died?
Bull: That's a queer question. I... I don't know.
Tadgh: What age was Seami?
Bull: Thirteen years, six months, twenty-four days.


I never really rated the film but have enjoyed many live performances of it on stage.

branie2

The church scene will be next

SEPT 23 1989

The Bull had the church banged to rights

Yamanoto

Not sure a masterpiece can have such ropey cinematography.

Harris is powerful though.

branie2

You can really see the tension between Tadgh and the Yank at the dance

beertons

Class

SEPT 23 1989

Here we go

ToddyDoody

Fun on a Saturday night

SEPT 23 1989

brenda fricker

What an actress

Irish mother perfection

Odelay

The tinker girl is a hottie. Would you lie with the tinker girl under the stars?

Thargor

How did Sean Bean get the Irish mannerisms down so well?

Thargor

Here comes the speech.

RikkFlair

"Can't you just get another field?"

:eek:

branie2

The actress who played the tinker girl went off the radar after this.

AllForIt

what you did to that donkey was rrong

Conas

Richard Harris would have made a great Santa Claus.

Conas

In the play version I thought Tadhg battered William to death from behind over the head. I don't think The Bull battered his head against a rock like that. Could be wrong.

Yurt2

The Bull McCabe resides in the dark heart of every Irishman.

Duckworth_Luas

Yurt! wrote: »

The Bull McCabe resides in the dark heart of every Irishman.

No Yank would be foolhardy enough to come between Philip from Bosco and his sticky tape

branie2

Sean McGinley's finest scene is coming up

Conas

Conas wrote: »

In the play version I thought Tadhg battered William to death from behind over the head. I don't think The Bull battered his head against a rock like that. Could be wrong.

From what I recall the play was quite different in the characterisations. The Bull was just a brute in the play, though he is a dark character with a lot of redeeming features and a strong moral code in the film.

Gwynplaine

Brings back memories of the Junior Cert. Best Irish film ever.

ziedth

Hate to be "that guy" but I found the play much better. Having all the added drama of the tinker girl, Tadgh getting beaten up by the american and the ending while good takes from I think.

In the play they both jump the guy and Tadgh kills him and the remainder of the story is the Bull basically getting ducks in a row to get away with it. He "wins" in the end but the final scene is very sad.

It's worth a watch if you like a amateur group is putting it on near you or something.....

Having said all that Richard Harris is amazing in the film and Sean Bean is excellent

funkey_monkey

How did they do that last scene with the cattle going over the cliff?
Did they buck a pile of fresh carcasses over?

Badly Drunk Boy

malinheader wrote: »

One that you can't help but watch whenever it's on. Classic.

The film has been around for 63% of my life but I still haven't seen it.

MyStubbleItches

One of my favourite films. Harris was incredible in it. A few of us even did a bit of a ‘tour’ to Leenane, found the widow’s cottage, found the field itself, pulled rocks out of it with our bare hands as the Bull did. The smallest of us sat up on the stone wall and quoted John Hurt - ‘is it a motor’? - with an English accent. We had a bit of a play fight at the falls and headed down to the village for a pint in the Bull’s local.

Happy times.

BoroMan32

BoroMan32 wrote: »

Go on now Tadgh.

Tadhg. His name is Tadhg.

I take this very personally.

George White

Yamanoto wrote: »

Not sure a masterpiece can have such ropey cinematography.

Harris is powerful though.

It was made by Granada, and it looks like a TV production.
Even the contemporaneous Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes telefilms made by Granada look miles better.
Surprised it cost 5 million pounds. I would have said 2 at the most.

Graces7

watched it once and once was more than enough thank you!

JohnnyFlash

Graces7 wrote: »

watched it once and once was more than enough thank you!

Why?

Sandor Clegane

RikkFlair wrote: »

"Can't you just get another field?"

:eek:

Jaysus you're as foreign here as that yank!

Dakota Dan

It was based on a true story that happened in Kerry. https://www.google.ie/amp/s/amp.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/news/the-unsolved-murder-that-shook-the-county-27378365.html

Yamanoto

George White wrote: »

It was made by Granada, and it looks like a TV production.
Even the contemporaneous Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes telefilms made by Granada look miles better.
Surprised it cost 5 million pounds. I would have said 2 at the most.

Yeah, there were some odd bits of direction too - like Berenger and Harris both looking out the parochial house window with their backs to camera, while talking to the priest. Brenda Fricker angling the mirror toward the floor during the Bulls breakdown was another curious scene.

When the widow exits her cottage after Tadhg puts a slate on the chimney, the way the camera zoomed out to reveal Tadhg & the Bird behind a wall was like some hokey ITV drama, as you say.

By contrast, the shots of cattle hurtling through the air was visually impressive.

Dakota Dan

Westport festival and little Johnnie Hurt.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yQgkV-djsC0

Yamanoto

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Why?

With that particular poster, my money's on the 'showing travellers in a bad light' angle

StringerBell

Loved the film, loved the play.

The film for the performance of Harris in particular though he had a strong supporting cast with the likes of Bean, Hurt, Fricker etc. also turning in quality work. The ending and how it differs from the stage version is very good in its own way also.

The stage version is just top class work all round in my opinion, a great pieces of writing and its own ending is probably better in the grand scheme of things. Definitely one to go and see if it is ever playing near you, even if you didn't like the film there is every chance in the world you will feel differently about the play.

c.p.w.g.w

The cast was pretty solid.

Richard Harris, Sean Bean, John Hurt & Tom Beranger.

All those actors had previously had lead/big roles in previous films.

Cinematography wasn't great or editing. But some solid performances and of course a stellar performance from Harris as "The Bull".

Very good film