Simon Fitzmaurice has already lived a life more incredible than any movie.
Back in 2008, Fitzmaurice, from Wicklow, was a promising filmmaker who’d had a short film screened at the Sundance Film Festival. But soon after he was diagnosed with what is known as A.L.S., or Lou Gehrig’s disease. The illness progressed to the point that Fitzmaurice lost all mobility and speech. Yet … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Simon Fitzmaurice, Director with ALS, Makes U.S. Feature Film Debut
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Play Ball: The Duke of Tralee
Just in time for the start of another baseball season, one of Irish America’s first great athletic stars is set to be the subject of a major film, with one of his descendants even producing the film.
The Duke of Tralee is based on the life of Roger Bresnahan, a slugger from an Irish immigrant family who dominated baseball in the early 20th century.
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Colin Farrell Leads Civil War Drama
In June, look for Colin Farrell to lead a strong cast in the U.S. Civil War drama The Beguiled, based on a novel by Irish American writer Thomas P. Cullinan. The Beguiled tells the story of a wounded Union soldier named Simon McBurney (Farrell) who stumbles upon an isolated school for girls and ends up exposing them to more of the outside world than they are perhaps prepared to … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
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Streaming Irish
Numerous streaming services have begun to offer up expanded Irish entertainment.
Acorn TV now offers Striking Out, an Irish legal drama. Striking Out was hailed as “a roaring success” by the Irish Independent after its first season and production on the second season is already underway. In the show, a successful Dublin lawyer (Dubliner Amy Huberman) discovers that her fiancé … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
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Boxer-Actor John Duddy’s Festival Raves
Making the rounds and earning raves at film festivals is Irish boxer John Duddy’s acting debut Emerald City. The film, written by Northern Irish native Colin Broderick and produced by Irish Downton Abbey star Brendan Coyle, looks at more recent Irish immigrant laborers in New York City.
As the Derry Journal newspaper noted: “The identity of the Irish worker in New York finds … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Boxer-Actor John Duddy’s Festival Raves