Angela's Ashes is a 1999 Irish-American drama film based on the memoir of the same title by Frank McCourt. It was directed by Alan Parker and starred Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, and Michael Legge . Angela's Ashes tells the story of Frank McCourt and his childhood after his family are forced to move from America back to Ireland because of financial difficulties and family problems derived from his father's alcoholism. The film chronicles young McCourt's life in Limerick, Ireland, during his childhood in the 1930s and 1940s, the difficulties that ensued, and finally... Frank's way of earning enough money to return to the land of his dreams: America. Michael Legge was praised for his portrayal of the adolescent Frank. In particular, he was said to acquiesce his role as an innocent teenager growing up with typical coming of age rites such as sexuality, maturity and peer pressure in a Catholic Irish setting. Although set in Limerick, many street scenes were filmed in Cork.
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| Release date: | December 25, 1999 |
| Directed by: | Alan Parker |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 145 Minutes |
| Producer: | David Brown, Scott Rudin, Alan Parker |
| Editor: | Gerry Hambling |
| Music by: | John Williams |
| Cinematography: | Michael Seresin, Chris Connier |
| Screenplay by: | Alan Parker, Laura Jones |
| Estimated budget: | $25,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Angela's Ashes |
| Genre: | Biography |