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Directed by

John Huston

Starring (View all)

Helena Carroll
Aunt Kate

Cathleen Delany
Aunt Julia

Rachael Dowling
Lily

Kate O'Toole
Miss Furlong

Colm Meaney
Mr. Bergin

Ingrid Craigie
Mary Jane

Dan O'Herlihy
Mr. Brown

Anjelica Huston
Gretta

Written by

Tony Huston
(screenplay)

James Joyce
(story Dubliners)

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The Dead

10 years ago at Apr 28 21:34

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If there’s any writer that practically defines the term “near impossible to film” it would be James Joyce. His works are densely layered cerebral works, and “The Dead” taken from his short story collection Dubliners is just two scenes. But John Huston always had a way with difficult writers, and here, in his last film, managed to find a way into Joyce’s prose and emerge with an elegiac... read more

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Gabriel Conroy and wife Greta attend an early January dinner with friends at the home of his spinster aunts, an evening which results in an epiphany for both of them.

Release date: 18 December 1987

Tags: Drama (8), Nostalgia (4), Holiday (4), Death (4), 1987 (3), Party (3), Reunion (3), 1980s (3), Ireland (3), Love Triangle (3), Christmas (3), Friendship (3), Period (2), 80's (2), Psychological Drama (2), Mother Son Relationship (2), Irish (2), Based On Short Story (2), 1900s (2), Family Secrets (2)

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" The Dead is a 1987 drama film directed by John Huston, written by his son Tony Huston, and starring his daughter Anjelica Huston. It is an adaptation of the short story of the same name by James Joyce, which was first published in 1914 as the last story in Dubliners. An international co-production between the United Kingdom, the United States, and West Germany, the film was Huston's last as director, and it was released several months after his death. The film takes place in Dublin in 1904"