The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
December 23, 1987Release Date
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
December 23, 1987Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Maggie Smith
Judith Hearne
Bob Hoskins
James Madden
Wendy Hiller
Aunt D'Arcy
Marie Kean
Mrs. Rice
Ian McNeice
Bernard Rice
Alan Devlin
Father Quigley
Rudi Davies
Mary
Prunella Scales
Moira O'Neill
Niall Buggy
Mr Lenehan
Aine Ni Mhuiri
Edie Marinan
Sheila Reid
Miss Friel
Kate Binchy
Sister Ignatius
Jack Clayton
Director
Martina Stanley
Sister Mary-Paul
Brian Moore
Writer
Veronica Quilligan
Mrs Mullen
Frank Egerton
The Major
Peter Nelson
Writer
Leonard Maguire
Dr Bowe
Richard Johnson
Producer
Kevin Flood
Owen O'Neill
Georges Delerue
Composer
Catherine Cusack
Una O'Neill
Peter Gilmore
Kevin O'Neill
Peter Hannan
Cinematographer
Terry Rawlings
Editor
James Holland
Shaun O'Neill
Irene Lamb
CastingDirector
Aidan Gillen
Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy)
Michael Pickwoad
ProductionDesigner
Emma Jane Lavin
Young Judith
Dick Sullivan
Priest
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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne is a 1987 British drama film made by HandMade Films Ltd. and United British Artists (UBA) starring Maggie Smith and Bob Hoskins. It was directed by Jack Clayton (his final theatrical film) and produced by Richard Johnson and Peter Nelson, with George Harrison and Denis O'Brien as executive producers. The music score was by Georges Delerue and the cinematography by Peter Hannan.
The screenplay was by Peter Nelson from the novel Judith Hearne by Northern Irish-Canadian writer Brian Moore. The story presents "a character study film about a woman's rage against the Church for her wasted life". Moore wrote the novel after leaving Ireland, in part because of the religious conflict there, and was living in Canada. The book was published in 1955 and was optioned for the stage and screen almost immediately. John Huston optioned it for a film with Katharine Hepburn. Director Irvin Kershner planned on casting Deborah Kerr. Eventually, Jack Clayton, a Catholic himself, was chosen to direct.
The cast also features Wendy Hiller, Marie Kean, Ian McNeice, Alan Devlin, Prunella Scales, Sheila Reid, and Aidan Gillen in his first film appearance. The novel is set in Belfast, but for the film the story was relocated to Dublin.
BBC Radio 4 produced a radio drama adaptation directed by Michael Quinn in 1995.