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Fionnula Flanagan

Film Forum:
That Sinking Feeling,
Titanic Town Goes Under

By Joseph McBride, Contributor
February / March 2001

February 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

Titanic Town, the fictional story of a Northern Ireland woman who mounts crusade for peace in 1972, is not the first movie to attempt to trade on James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster Titanic. The European film The Chambermaid on the Titanic barely managed to beat Cameron to the screen but had its title changed to The Chambermaid in 1998 U.S. advertising. That probably discouraged … [Read more...] about Film Forum:
That Sinking Feeling,
Titanic Town Goes Under

Fionnula Flanagan: Up Close and Personal

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
January / February 1997

February 3, 1997 by 1 Comment

Actress Fionnula Flanagan is a beautiful woman who is not afraid to ditch the glamour if the role demands it Audiences who remember her as the green-eyed, sultry redhead in the TV series Rich Man Poor Man for which she won an Emmy, and How the West Was Won, might have a hard time recognizing her in Some Mother's Son. Flanagan's opening shot shows her wearing no makeup, her hair … [Read more...] about Fionnula Flanagan: Up Close and Personal

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