The only film I know that had it's premier in Galway in the West Coast of Ireland. The movie has some good moments is a bit uneven and tries too hard to make its point.
It went over well with all the members of the Socialist Workers Party in town and it's general anti-English attitude made it a natural hit with all the locals.
Peter O'Toole was living in Galway around this time and drinking heavily on one on the local bars...
Peter O'Toole always had this very ambiguous attitude to the British. On one hand he always great in any part as an English aristocrat but on the other hand he was an Irish boy. This conflict always seems to compromise his career.
It went over well with all the members of the Socialist Workers Party in town and it's general anti-English attitude made it a natural hit with all the locals.
Peter O'Toole was living in Galway around this time and drinking heavily on one on the local bars...
Peter O'Toole always had this very ambiguous attitude to the British. On one hand he always great in any part as an English aristocrat but on the other hand he was an Irish boy. This conflict always seems to compromise his career.