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Angela's Ashes (1999) - Movie Details

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Release Date: December 25, 1999 (Limited)
January 21, 2000 (Moderate)
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Parker
Writer: Alan Parker, Laura Jones, Frank McCourt
Cast: Andrew Bennett, Eanna MacLIam, Liam Carney, Pauline McLynn, Shane Murray-Corcoran, Michael Legge, Ciaran Owens, Joe Breen, Robert Carlyle, Emily Watson
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Running Time: 145 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for sexual content and some language

Frank McCourt moved back to Ireland when he was very young and was subjected to a life of poverty and misery. As he grew up, he yearned to return to America. His life is complicated by his unemployable, alcoholic dad....

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I have never read Frank McCourt's novel nor will I ever, but as a movie, Angela's Ashes is an easy tale to watch. The tale is McCourt's life and how he and his family deal with a dad that doesn't provide and miserable living conditions that are hardly suitable for humans to stay in. It is also about Frank trying to earn enough money to come to America, the home he left when he was younger. Full movie review »

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