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Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

2003 · 52 min

A quiet, inside look at artists wrestling with difficult theatre, rewarding for those curious about the craft.

Directed by: Pearse Lehane
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Alan Moloney, Joe Mulholland, Stephen Brennan

Overview: Follows the "Beckett on Film" project, which produced film adaptations of writer Samuel Beckett's nineteen stage plays. The documentary features excerpts from the "Beckett on Film" versions of "Not I", "Krapp's Last Tape", "Endgame", "What Where", and "Waiting for Godot".
How it feels: Earnest, warm and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Art, work, ambition, identity
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Directed by: Pearse Lehane
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Alan Moloney, Joe Mulholland, Stephen Brennan

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How it feels

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Full breakdown

Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
work
ambition
identity
loyalty
Places: workplace
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	0
Tension	2
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	4

Cast

Alan MoloneySelf - Producer
Joe MulhollandSelf - Executive Producer (RTE)
Stephen BrennanSelf - Lucky ("Waiting for Godot")
John CrowleySelf - Director ("Come and Go")
Paola DionisottiSelf - From "Come and Go"(archive footage)
Atom EgoyanSelf - Director ("Krapp's Last Tape")
Sean FoleySelf - Man ("Act Without Words I")
Michael GambonSelf - Hamm (archive footage)
John GielgudSelf - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")
Enda HughesSelf - Director ("Act Without Words II")
John HurtSelf / Self - Krapp ("Krapp's Last Tape")
Jeremy IronsSelf - Reader / Self - Listener ("Ohio Impromptu")
Neil JordanSelf - Director ("Not I")
Garrett KeoghSelf - Narrator (voice)
Pat KinevaneSelf (archive footage)

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Pearse Lehane
Written by: Pearse Lehane, Samuel Beckett
Starring: Alan Moloney, Joe Mulholland, Stephen Brennan, John Crowley, Paola Dionisotti, Atom Egoyan, Sean Foley, Michael Gambon
Runtime: 52 min
Country: Ireland, United Kingdom
Languages: English

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