Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake (1967)

Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake (1967)

1967-04-07 United States of America 97 Min. PG-13
8.2 6 votes

Overview

Based on the stage play Passages from Finnegans Wake, itself based on random passages from Finnegans Wake, Mary Ellen Bute's adaptation is a comical, avant-garde kaleidoscope about a man named Finnegan who dreams about his wake and then wakes up from his dream.

Cast

Jane Reilly is Anna Livia
Anna Livia
John V. Kelleher is Commentator
Commentator
Ray Flanagan is Young Shem
Young Shem
Maura Pryor is Young Iseult
Young Iseult
Jo Jo Slavin is Young Shaun
Young Shaun
Leonard Frey is Celebrant
Celebrant
Joseph Maher is Celebrant
Celebrant
Paddy Croft is Celebrant
Celebrant