Directed by:
Adrian SibleyCinematography:
Eoin McLoughlinComposer:
Gareth AverillCast:
Richard Harris (a.f.), Jared Harris, Damian Harris, Jamie Harris, Stephen Rea, Russell Crowe, Vanessa Redgrave, Malachy McCourt, Dick Cavett, Jimmy Webb (more)VOD (1)
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The film explores the life and times of Richard Harris, perhaps the most remarkable actor Ireland has ever produced. Richard brought an intense and electric presence to both stage and screen, and his career spanned five decades as well as many different film genres. In 1964 he starred the film Red Desert, which was awarded the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival, and was Best Actor in Cannes that same year. He was nominated for Oscars twice: for This Sporting Life in 1963 and again for The Field in 1990. He died 20 years ago—bowing out as the first Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films. However, this is no ordinary biography. Harris will take centre stage through previously unheard tapes from Irish journalist Joe Jackson interviews which were conducted over 15 years; as well as through unseen family footage and interviews with those who knew him best including Vanessa Redgrave and Russell Crowe. The ghost of our title is this complex individual who comes back to haunt the people and places who were dear to him. The film also features his three sons—Damian, Jared and Jamie—as they explore the work and character of their father. Led by Jared, a successful actor in his own right, the film will reveal that there was much more to Richard Harris than the hellraising image he created. He was also a singer who topped the charts and released five albums as well as an acclaimed poet who wrote and published throughout his life. (Venice International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Richard Harris (a.f.)
Ireland
Best movies:
Gladiator (2000)
Unforgiven (1992)
The Barber of Siberia (1998)
Jared Harris
UK
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Jamie Harris
UK
Best movies:
The Prestige (2006)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Stephen Rea
UK
Best movies:
War and Peace (2016) (series)
The Crying Game (1992)
Michael Collins (1996)
Russell Crowe
New Zealand
Best movies:
L.A. Confidential (1997)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Gladiator (2000)
Vanessa Redgrave
UK
Best movies:
Atonement (2007)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Blow-Up (1966)
Malachy McCourt
USA
Best movies:
Green Card (1990)
The Molly Maguires (1970)
Two for the Seesaw (1962)
Dick Cavett
USA
Best movies:
Forrest Gump (1994)
Annie Hall (1977)
Duane Hopwood (2005)
Jimmy Webb
USA
Jim Sheridan
Ireland
Best movies:
The General (1998)
Isla Blair
India
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Battle of Britain (1969)