The Hanging Gale
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Actor: Joe McGann, Mark McGann, Michael Kitchen, Paul McGann, Stephen McGannBrand: Acorn
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 205 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-02-21
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: ACORN MEDIA
Movie Reviews of The Hanging Gale
Movie Review: A DARK TALE but ALMOST DOCUMENTARY--SUPERB
Summary: 5 Stars
EXCELLENCE in cast, writing, music, location, and historical truth. This could be called a documentary/fiction. I visited Ireland and did some research into "The Great Hunger", or potato famine, and this is spot on. You have to read Irish publications to get truth. I'm absolutely amazed the BBC allowed this. Irish people still are shy in talking about the famine event.
This story focuses on the accounts of a family of 4 boys, the Phelans, and their struggle during the famine years. The story idea was originated with 2 of the 4 McGann brothers that played the 4 Phelan brother roles. In their struggle, the absent landowner sends an agent, Capt. Townsend (wow! played by Michael Kitchen, doing as super as he has done with Foyle's War). Those McGann brothers were equally good in their portrayals as Kitchen was as the man caught between duty and desire to help the poor. There is suspense, mystery, action... and beauty amid the wretchedness.
Having been all over Co. Donegal, Ireland (the origin of my ancestors) I can attest that this footage taken there is exactly how most of the country looks. The wild countryside yet exists. The music by Shaun Davey, placed behind the perfection of acting, costumes (some just like old photographs and written first-hand accounts of the famine years)...well the music is as enthralling as the story. A must see for any Irish, history, & Kitchen fans.
1: Begins in may, 1846, Co. Donegal, and a new land agent replaces a murdered man. He soon finds deplorable conditions for tenants of the estate and a desperate Irish poor. While trying to seize animals in loo of back rent, a farmer is shot. Just as harvest time arrives so does the potato blight.
2: Fr Liam Phelan is returned to Donegal just as the potato crop is lost & records his first instance of death from want. Townsend must begin turning out tenants--11 in all. One, Mary, is hired as his servant. A letter is sent by the United Sons of Freedom, 10 Nov, 1846 sentencing Townsend to death.
3: Daniel, leading USofF, tries to avenge wrongs through violent reactive measures. His brother, Fr. Liam, begs for peace. Conor begs Coulter for a fight to earn $$$. He takes a fight against a Brit soldier ending in consequences. An assassination plot is devised against Townsend. Crisis descends upon the Phelan family.
4: Lord Hawksborough offers free America passage to tenants. Yet famine, starvation, struggle, and death continue. Some proud Irish people refuse to quit. A life/death struggle--a holocaust for many. Desperate days for others. A gritty depiction of Ireland's Great Hunger.
Some nudity, violence, mature audience. NO subtitles or CC, but still worth seeing. I'm so glad I bought this. I'll re-watch it.
Historically accurate according to the Irish books on the famine that I own, and what I witnessed in historical sites in Ireland. The tumble down houses yet lay in waste.
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