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Ryan's Daughter
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Ryan's Daughter is a 1970 English-language drama film directed by David Lean and written by Robert Bolt. Produced by Anthony Havelock-Allan for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the movie stars Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, John Mills, and Christopher Jones. The narrative is set in the Republic of Ireland and centers on the Irish Republican Army. The screenplay is based on Gustave Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary, with music composed by Maurice Jarre.
The film received several accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Cinematography and the National Board of Review Top Ten Films honor. It was also nominated for Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Best Actress, and Best Sound. Critical reception includes a 7.4 rating from IMDb based on 11,638 votes and a 7.1 average from 172 votes on TMDb. The production had a budget of 13,300,000 and generated 30,800,000 in revenue.
Runtime figures vary across sources, listed as 189, 200, or 206 minutes. The film was released in 1970 and is available via video on demand through distributors including Netflix. It is recognized in the Academy Award Best Supporting Actor collection and is referenced by 250 other encyclopedia articles.
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Film · TMDB
7.1In the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married schoolteacher in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.
Cast
- Robert Mitchum as Charles
- Trevor Howard as Father Collins
- Christopher Jones as Major Doryan
- John Mills as Michael
- Leo McKern as Thomas Ryan
- Sarah Miles as Rosy
Themes
- rebellion
- world war i
- gun
- village
- mute
- ireland
- extramarital affair
- irish easter rebellion (1916)
- catholic priest
- waves
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Key facts
- Directed by
- David Lean
- Written by
- Robert Bolt
- Produced by
- Anthony Havelock-Allan
- Starring
- Robert Mitchum Trevor Howard Christopher Jones John Mills Leo McKern Sarah Miles
- Cinematography
- Freddie Young
- Edited by
- Norman Savage
- Music by
- Maurice Jarre
- Production company
- Faraway Productions
- Distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (through MGM- EMI Distributors )
- Release date
- 9 November 1970 ( 1970-11-09 )
- Running time
- 195 minutes 206 minutes, (DVD release)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $13.3 million
- Box office
- $30.8 million (domestic) $14.6 million (rentals)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Madame Bovary
- Main subject
- Irish Republican Army
- Director
- David Lean
- Screenwriter
- Robert Bolt
- Cast member
- Barry Jackson
- Composer
- Maurice Jarre
- Producer
- Anthony Havelock-Allan
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Freddie Young
- Narrative location
- Republic of Ireland
- Duration
- 189
- FilmAffinity ID
- 445666
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1970-01-01
- title
- Ryan's Daughter
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- Gustave Flaubert
- Commons category
- Ryan's Daughter
- review score
- 50%
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Encyclopedic overview
Ryan's Daughter is a 1970 British epic romantic drama film directed by David Lean, written by Robert Bolt and starring Robert Mitchum and Sarah Miles. The film, set between August 1917 and January 1918, tells the story of a married Irish woman who has an affair with a British officer during World War I, despite moral and political opposition from her nationalist neighbours. The supporting cast features John Mills, Christopher Jones, Trevor Howard and Leo McKern. The film is a re-telling of the plot of Gustave Flaubert's 1857 novel Madame Bovary.
The score was written by Maurice Jarre and the movie was photographed in Super Panavision 70 by Freddie Young. In its initial release, Ryan's Daughter was harshly received by critics but was a box office success, grossing $30.8 million on a budget of $13.3 million, making the film the eighth-highest-grossing picture of 1970. It was nominated for four Academy Awards and won in two categories.
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