Rent Ulysses (1967)
3.4 of 5 from 62 ratings
2h 0min
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- Synopsis:
- Based on James Joyce's 1922 masterpiece, Leopold Bloom is Joyce's Jewish protagonist. Wandering the Dublin streets, he thinks about his dead son, his cuckolding wife, Molly, and his own impotence. During his travels he encounters a one-eyed man who taunts him with anti-Semitic remarks and a young student and poet, Stephen Dedalus. He and Dedalus go to a brothel where Bloom is beset by frightening fantasies. Afterwards the two men sit up all night talking at Bloom's house. When Dedalus leaves, Molly lies awake in bed thinking about her present and past loves, and the possibility of an affair with Dedalus...
- Actors:
- Milo O'Shea, Barbara Jefford, Maurice Roëves, T.P. McKenna, Anna Manahan, Chris Curran, Fionnula Flanagan, Geoffrey Golden, Martin Dempsey, Eddie Golden, Maire Hastings, David Kelly, Graham Lines, Desmond Perry, Rosaleen Linehan, Joe Lynch, Maureen Potter, Maureen Toal, Frank Bailey, Jim Bartley
- Directors:
- Joseph Strick
- Producers:
- Joseph Strick
- Writers:
- Fred Haines, James Joyce
- Others:
- Wolfgang Suschitzky
- Studio:
- Arrow Films
- Genres:
- Drama
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Reviews (2) of Ulysses
Ulysses - Ulysses review by CP Customer
This was an excellent screen adaptation of the book, the acting is first class, retaining the typically Dublin wit and humour of the book.
I would recommend it, but would recommend reading the book also.
4 out of 4 members found this review helpful.
God help us, for your sea is so immense - Ulysses review by PM
My first experience of James Joyce, and I felt it took a while to get going, but once under way it belts along at an almost alarming pace, demanding complete concentration and suspension of criticism. I had no idea that films like this were being made in the 1960's so to me it appears to be ahead of it's time. It's more of a presentation than a story and quite honestly left me feeling a little dizzy by the end, but not unpleasantly.
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