''The Irishman'' is an Australian 1978 romantic drama film directed and written by

Donald Crombie Donald Charles Crombie (born 5 July 1942) is an Australian film and television director and screenwriter. Born in Brisbane, Crombie was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School and studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art. Cr ...

Cast

* Michael Craig as Paddy Doolan *

Simon Burke Simon Gareth Burke (born 8 October 1961) is an Australian actor, active in films, television and theatre. Biography Simon Burke began his career at the age of 12, starring in Michael Cove's ''Kookaburra''; a painful look at a dysfunctional wo ...

as Michael Doolan *

Robyn Nevin Robyn Anne Nevin (25 September 1942) is an Australian actress, director, and stage producer, recognised with the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards and the JC Williamson Award at the Helpmann Awards for her outstanding contributions to Austra ...

as Jenny Doolan *

John Clayton John Clayton may refer to: Arts and entertainment Writing *John Clayton (architect) (died 1861), English architect and writer *John Bell Clayton and Martha Clayton, John Bell Clayton (c. 1907–1955), American writer *John Clayton (sportswriter) ( ...

Production

The film is based on the 1960 book by Elizabeth O'Conner, and was written and directed by

for whom it was "a labour of love"."Interview with Donald Crombie", ''Signet'', 18 December 1998
accessed 16 November 2012 The movie was budgeted at $767,000 but went $800,000 over. It was filmed in May through to July in 1977.

Release

The film was a disappointment at the box office. Crombie later said he thought it was five to ten minutes too long, and suffered from being released soon after '' The Mango Tree'', another coming of age period movie set in Queensland, when there was a backlash against period films.Peter Beilby & Scott Murray, "Donald Crombie", ''Cinema Papers'', Oct-Nov 1978 p131-132

References

External links

* * 1978 films Australian romantic drama films Films based on Australian novels Films directed by Donald Crombie 1978 romantic drama films 1970s English-language films 1970s Australian films {{romantic-drama-film-stub