The Dead
The Dead is a 1987 drama film directed by John Huston, written by his son Tony Huston, and starring his daughter Anjelica Huston. It is an adaptation of the short story of the same name by James Joyce, which was first published in 1914 as the last story in Dubliners. An international co-production between the United Kingdom, the United States, and West Germany, the film was Huston's last as director, and it was released several months after his death.
Plot
On January 6, 1904, spinster sisters Kate and Julia Morkan and their unmarried niece, Mary Jane, host their annual Epiphany dinner party at their townhouse in Dublin. Horse-drawn carriages arrive with guests on the snowy night. Three of Mary Jane's music students, Miss O'Callaghan, Miss Furlong, and Miss Higgins, enter, accompanied by the young bachelors Joseph Kerrigan and Raymond Bergin, who Miss Furlong formally introduces to Kate and her frail older sister, Julia.
More details
| author | Tony Huston |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Dublin |
| director | John Huston |
| editor | Roberto Silvi |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | aran islands church church choir dinner party epiphany even fall feast of epiphany follow galway hotel room irish irish language irish nationalism irish nationalist learn lost love meet older sister protestant scotland sick bed sing spinster tenor the lass of aughrim think townhouse unmarried write |
| musicBy | Alex North |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay |
| producer | Chris Sievernich Wieland Schulz-Keil |
| productionCompany | Channel 4 Vestron Pictures |
| publisher | Vestron Pictures |
| theme | dance independent |