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Darby O'Gill and the Little People
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Genre | Family Entertainment |
Format | Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Subtitled |
Contributor | Kieron Moore, Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, J.G. Devlin, Estelle Winwood, Nora O'Mahoney, Walter Fitzgerald, Farrell Pelly, Denis O'Dea, Lawrence Edward Watkin, Jimmy O'Dea, Robert Stevenson, Jack MacGowran, Sean Connery See more |
Language | English, French |
Runtime | 1 hour and 31 minutes |
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Take a wee bit of ancient folklore, mix in some spectacular special effects and a magical cast (including Sean Connery) -- and you've got one of the most enchanting fantasies of all time! A frisky old storyteller named Darby O'Gill is desperately seeking the proverbial pot of gold. There's just one tiny thing standing in his way: a 21-inch leprechaun named King Brian. In order to get the gold, Darby must match his wits against the shrewd little trickster -- which proves no small task, indeed! Fall under the spell of DARBY O'GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE for a fun-filled evening of magic, mirth, and nonstop shenanigans!|Production on the 1959 film began in the mid-1940s when Walt Disney discovered H. T. Kavanagh's "Darby O'Gill" stories and in 1946, sent artists to Ireland for background material.|Sean Connery appears in the film -- in a singing role --three years before he became famous as James Bond.|Leprechaun means little body in Gaelic, and according to legend, they are 21 inches tall, usually dressed in grass green, 5,000 years old, and immeasurably wealthy.|The film contains one of the scariest scenes ever to appear in a Disney movie â the wail of the hideous Banshee and the arrival of death coach Costa Bower.|With the aid of lavish matte shots, the film was shot entirely in California.
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : G (General Audience)
- Product Dimensions : 0.57 x 5.34 x 7.48 inches; 2.4 ounces
- Item model number : 786936233599
- Director : Robert Stevenson
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Subtitled
- Run time : 1 hour and 31 minutes
- Release date : August 3, 2004
- Actors : Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery, Jimmy O'Dea, Kieron Moore
- Subtitles: : Spanish, French
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Unqualified
- Studio : WALT DISNEY PICTURES
- ASIN : B0001I55SI
- Writers : Lawrence Edward Watkin
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,874 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #200 in Kids & Family DVDs
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There's also a "real world" plot involving the romance of O'Gill's insufferably cute daughter with the young man who is going to take over O'Gill's job as groundskeeper for the lord of the local manor. As an 8 year old I wished the young couple would just get out of the way and let us get back to the good stuff, and I still feel as though it's a less interesting story than the main plot. But as an 8 year old, I also did not realize that the young romantic hero would later become world famous as James Bond! Yes, he's Sean Connery, and holy cow, the man could sing! (This is a Disney movie, after all, there have to be a few songs). In any case, O'Gill's daughter does provide the motivation for a scary plot development and a heroic act of self sacrifice. All ends well, however -- after all, this IS a Disney film!
I smiled inwardly. They could and they can have him. I was in love! Not with the admittedly georgeous Connory but with the tiny, powerful, wonderful and surprisingly compassionate King Brian of the Leprechauns, charmingly portrayed (but not credited) by Jimmy O'Dea. Now, 45 years later, I see no reason to change my opinion.
The reasons this film holds up over the decades are its respect for the subject matter (although occasionally it slips a bit by modern pc standards), non-computerized special effects that hold up amazingly well, good pacing and most of all an engaging, delightful story utterly lacking in car chases, explosions, bad language or graphic sex.
Darby O'Gill, the title character, could easily have been played to the stereotypes of the fighting, drunken Irishman. But Darby's frequent visits to the pub are, as his daughter Katie (played by the adorable Janet Munro) explains, both for company and because he loves to tell stories. Albert Sharpe plays Darby many layers deeper than one would expect in a Disney movie or a comedy. Even as we laugh at his misadventures, we feel the abiding terror he has at the prospect of forced retirement, the loss of the house he and Katie have always lived in, a drastically reduced income and a diminished standing in the community. Much of the story advances from Darby's misguided attempt to protect Katie from knowledge of the impending changes in their lives.
Outside the pub, Darby's other source of entertainment is his relentless pusuit of leprechaun gold. Once he has been told that he must retire from his job and be pensioned at half pay, Darby's quest kicks into high gear. The film only hints at how extremely dangerous this avocation actually is. At first it seems like a harmless way for an old man to get a bit of exercise. However, if one reads Irish folklore, one learns that the leprechauns have little reason to like humans. The stories run riot with tales of how far a mortal will go to acquire fairy gold. Even if you do not know these stories, it's well to reflect that to coerce a leprechaun into giving it up is still stealing and the leprechaun has as much right as anyone to protect himself and his property.
With this in mind, our first introduction to King Brian is through Darby's pub tale, in which--naturally--he plays himself as the hero, trapping the little monarch and forcing three wishes out of him. However, as we learn, King Brian is five thousand years old, and quite experienced in tricking avaricious mortals. Moreover, his tiny stature harbors enormous, almost unlimited magical power.
I fell in love with King Brian's patience with Darby, the amazing restraint he shows in the use of that power and the indignities he puts up with out of an undeclared affection for the old man he sees as possibly his only friend. And there is no mistaking that those feelings are returned.
Indeed, there are subtle hints (you have to pay close attention to notice them) that King Brian has befriended others of Darby's line before and that he has an eye to the future when he offers to take a hand as matchmaker between Katie and Michael. Here, too, the sensitivity of the performance is low-key and multi-layered.
Clearly, Brian's restraint is based on his awarness that Darby's desire for the gold doesn't come from personal greed, but from deep, abiding love for Katie. At the climax of the film, the ultimate sacrifice Darby unhesitatingly makes to protect her inspires Brian to make a sacrifice of his own.
Do I recommend this film? I think it should be required viewing as a lesson that a film doesn't have to be violent or vulgar to entertain and stay with you for a lifetime.
In this movie you have get to see how Disney weaves Irish myths and laughter together to create a story about an old Irish man whose livelihood is threatened by a newcomer. Using his wits and help from a friend of his, he finds a way to keep livelihood and find happiness for all in this wonderful story. I don't want to give too much away, so give this movie a try and see if you can figure out how to keep from dancing with the leprechauns!
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Che peccato che non è in italiano.
Perché ricordo che da piccolina lo guardavo sempre e mi sarebbe piaciuto tenerlo perché colleziono i film di Walt Disney.
Comunque un fil bellissimo.