A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Opening film credit
Directed by	Joseph Strick
Produced by	Betty Botley Richard Hallinan
Screenplay by	Judith Rascoe
Based on	A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man  by James Joyce
Starring	Bosco Hogan T. P. McKenna John Gielgud
Music by	Stanley Myers
Cinematography	Stuart Hetherington
Edited by	Lesley Walker
Production company	Ulysses Film Production Ltd.
Distributed by	United Artists Ireland (original) TriStar Pictures Ireland (DVD/VHS)
Release dates	1977
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Ireland
Language	English

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a 1977 film adaptation of James Joyce's novel of the same name, directed by Joseph Strick.^[1] It portrays the growth of consciousness of Joyce's semi-autobiographical character, Stephen Dedalus, as a boy and later as a university student in late nineteenth century Dublin.

Cast

Bosco Hogan – Stephen Dedalus T. P. McKenna – Simon Dedalus John Gielgud – The Preacher Rosaleen Linehan – Mary (May) Dedalus Maureen Potter – Mrs. Dante Riordan Niall Buggy – Davin Bryan Murray – Lynch Desmond Cave – Cranly Leslie Lalor – Milly Desmond Perry – John Casey Susan Fitzgerald – Emma Daniels Luke Johnston – Stephen Dedalus, age ten Danny Figgis – Wells Cecil Sheehan – Uncle Charles Edward Golden – Father Conmee Bill Foley – Confessor David Kelly – Dean of Studies Edward Byrne – Teacher Emmet Bergin – Father Dolan Aiden Grennell – Father Arnall Danny Cummins – Drinker Chris Curran – Auctioneer and Brendan Cauldwell – Father Michael Eamon Kelly Anna Manahan Maureen Toal Jacinta Martin Chris O'Neill Brenda Doyle Deirdre Donnelly

Children Dominic Burdick Gray Burdick Linus Burdick Ashling Burdick Lucy Burdick Katy Burdick Tiernan Quinn Sean Pilkington Kenneth Joyce Joan Hayes John Hayes James Lennon Ronan Donelan Ian Branagan Terence Strick – Stephen Dedalus, age three (uncredited) Helen Strick

References

1. "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" Internet Movie Database. Retrieved: 2012-05-12.

Further reading

• Canby, Vincent (April 22, 1979). "Screen: Strick's Version Of 'Portrait of an Artist'". The New York Times.

External links

• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man at the Internet Movie Database
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man at AllMovie
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man at Rotten Tomatoes