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The Dead

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The Dead
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PG,1hr 22min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
December 17, 1987
Director:
John Huston
Distributor:
Vestron UK Ltd.
Starring:
Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Rachel Dowling  ...more
Synopsis: The final film of legendary director John Huston was based on the closing story of James Joyce's Dubliners. Anjelica Huston is top-billed as Gretta Conroy, the niece by marriage of turn-of-century Irish spinsters Kate Morkan (Helena Carroll) and Julia Morkan (Cathleen Delany). At the home of these two curious ladies, Gretta is prodded into remembering her long-dead lover. She tearfully reveals to her husband (Donal McCann) that the deceased boy may well have died on her behalf. Her tale of woe bespeaks ... Full Synopsis
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Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Ms. Stone's presence nicely underscores the genre-bending tactics of Sam Raimi, the cult director now doing his best to reinvent the B-movie in a spirit of self-referential glee. Mr. Raimi is limited by a sketch mentality, which means his jokes tend to be over long before his films end. But his tastes for visual mischief and crazy, ill-advised homage can still make for sly, sporadic fun. Full Review
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Mixed or Average Reviews
out of 100
Based on 21 critic reviews
Featured Cast
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Anjelica Huston
Gretta Conroy
Donal McCann
Gabriel Conroy
Rachel Dowling
Lily
Cathleen Delaney
Aunt Julia Morkan
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