Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003, English. Directed by Pearse Lehane.
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".
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- 0h 52m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Pearse LehaneDirector
- 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")
Details
- Released
- 5 February 2003
- Country
- Ireland, United Kingdom
- Written by
- Samuel Beckett, Pearse Lehane
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Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film (2003) was directed by Pearse Lehane and stars Alan Moloney, Joe Mulholland, Stephen Brennan.