The Playboy of the Western World (1962)
- Directed by
- Brian Desmond Hurst
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young man arrives in a small Irish village and claims to have killed his father. The villagers are fascinated and treat him as a local hero.
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What happens
The Playboy of the Western World is a 1962 film version of the 1907 play written by John Millington Synge. It was directed and co-written by Brian Desmond Hurst and stars Gary Raymond and Siobhán McKenna. Filmed in County Kerry, the film features many of the Abbey Players. The film was produced by the Four Provinces company created in 1952 by Hurst and Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin who had previously produced John Ford’s The Rising of the Moon and Gideon's Day. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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