Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Director: Robert Stevenson Cast: Albert Sharpe
Albert Sharpe
, Janet Munro
Janet Munro
, Sean Connery
Sean Connery
, Jimmy O'Dea
Jimmy O'Dea
Robert Stevenson
Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Director: Robert Stevenson Cast: Albert Sharpe
Albert Sharpe
, Janet Munro
Janet Munro
, Sean Connery
Sean Connery
, Jimmy O'Dea
Jimmy O'Dea
Robert Stevenson

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Overview

"Baby boomers who may not remember the plot particulars of Walt Disney's Darby O'Gill and the Little People nonetheless retain fond memories of Disney's publicity campaign, which included an episode of the producer's weekly TV series, wherein the actor playing leprechaun king Brian (Jimmy O'Dea) was passed off as a genuine little person. One look at Darby O'Gill itself and one is willing to believe Disney's subterfuge. The story, based on the writings of H. T. Kavanaugh, involves one Darby O'Gill (Albert Sharpe) an Irish tall-tale spinner who works as a caretaker. On the night that he is replaced by a younger man (Sean Connery), Darby heads home to tell his daughter Katie (Janet Munro) that he has lost his job. En route, he stumbles into the underground leprechaun kingdom, thanks to the intervention of King Brian, who wants to save Darby the shame of telling his daughter about his job. Advised that he will never be able to leave the land of the leprechauns, Darby escapes, and Brian follows. Because he stays above ground until dawn, Brian loses his powers and becomes the property of Darby, who won't let the leprechaun go until he grants three wishes. Brian tricks Darby out of the first two wishes, but is honor-bound to grant the third: that Darby's daughter Katie be wed to the handsome new caretaker. Before this can happen, Katie is seriously injured. As she lies comatose, the Death Coach descends from the sky to gather her to the heavens. Darby rapidly alters his third wish and begs that he be taken in Katie's place. Brian saves Darby's life by tricking him into making a fourth wish, which immediately cancels the first three. The young caretaker wins Katie on his own merits, and Darby has a whole new slew of stories with which to regale the villagers. The principal drawing card of Darby O'Gill and the Little People is its special effects, the most famous of which finds a life-sized Darby O'Gill fiddling away as hundreds of tiny leprechauns dance about him. Even in this era of computerized ""F/X"", few films have been able to duplicate the sublimely convincing visual magic - -and the effortless charm -- of this 1959 Disney effort."

Product Details

Release Date: 08/03/2004
UPC: 0786936233599
Original Release: 1959
Rating: G
Source: Walt Disney Video
Region Code: 1
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:31:00
Sales rank: 86

Special Features

Closed Caption;All new digital transfer; Backstage Disney; Mr. Connery Goes to Hollywood; Little People, Big Effects; I Captured the King of the Leprechauns; French language track; French and Spanish subtitles; Specifications: ; Dolby Digital Mono sound; Presented as originally filmed in 1959 - fullscreen (1.33:1)

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Albert Sharpe Darby O'Gill
Janet Munro Katie
Sean Connery Michael McBride
Jimmy O'Dea King Brian,Father Murphy
Kieron Moore Pony Sugrue
Estelle Winwood Sheelah
Walter Fitzgerald Lord Fitzpatrick
J.G. Devlin Tom Kerrigan
Jack MacGowran Phadrig Oge
Farrell Pelly Paddy Scanlon
Nora O'Mahoney Molly Malloy
Maureen Halligan Gossiping woman
Oliver Wallace Composer

Technical Credits
Robert Stevenson Director
Walt Disney Producer
Peter Ellenshaw Special Effects
Eustace Lycett Special Effects
Lawrence Watkin Screenwriter
Robert Cook Sound/Sound Designer
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