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O'Donoghue's Opera
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'O'Donoghue's Opera' is an Irish film starring Ronnie Drew and his bandmates in The Dubliners. The film is a mock opera, based on the ballad "The Night That Larry Was Stretched".[http://www.irishfilm.ie/cinema/dispfilm_07.asp?filmID=5776 O'Donoghue's Opera] , Irish Film Institute. It was shot in 1965, but was left uncompleted after the film's production ran into financial difficulties.[http://www.independent.ie/national-news/dubliners-drop-by-for-special-gig-1244691.html Dubliners drop by for special gig], 'Irish Independent', 2007-12-12. In 1996 filmmaker S Merry Doyle of [http://loopline.com/ Loopline film] oversaw its restoration, and it was first shown at the Dublin Film Festival in the late 1990s. Producer Seamus Byrne's first job in the film industry was on this film working with the assistant director and the art director.
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Category:1965 films
Category:Irish independent films
Category:English-language Irish films
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