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The Field is a 1990 Irish drama film written and directed by Jim Sheridan and starring Richard Harris, John Hurt, Sean Bean, Brenda Fricker and Tom Berenger. It was adapted from John B. Keane's 1965 play of the same name. The film is set in the early 1930s and was shot almost entirely in the Connemara village of Leenaun.
The Field: Directed by Jim Sheridan. With Richard Harris, Sean Bean, Frances Tomelty, Brenda Fricker. When a field (which has been farmed by the McCabe family for generations) goes up for auction, the patriarch of the McCabe family will stop at nothing to prevent a rich American from buying it.
- (6.8K)
- Drama, Thriller
- Jim Sheridan
- 1991-03
While no local dare bid against him, a wealthy American decides he requires the field to build a highway. "Bull" and his son decide they must try to convince the American to let go of his ambition and return home, but the consequences of their plot prove sinister.
Dec 20, 1990 · “The Field,” set in Western Ireland in the late ‘30s, is such an impassioned piece of blarney that you can’t really laugh at it even when it’s pulpy and ridiculous and wildly over the top.
The Field is a 1990 Irish drama film written and directed by Jim Sheridan and starring Richard Harris, John Hurt, Sean Bean, Brenda Fricker and Tom Berenger. It was adapted from John B. Keane's 1965 play of the same name.
- Jim Sheridan
Brief Synopsis. When the field he doesn't own, but has teneded to lovingly for years, is threatened with commercial development, a devout Irish farmer fiercely defends it.
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The Field is an epic story of life in the west of Ireland in the 1930s. Adapted from John B Keane's play of the same name, Jim Sheridan's film adaptation stars the late Richard Harris in a towering performance as the Bull McCabe.
