This Is the Sea (film)

This Is the Sea is a 1997 Irish film directed and written by Mary McGuckian and produced by Michael Garland. It is a romance film, focusing on the relationship between the character Hazel Stokes, played by Samantha Morton, and Malachy McAliskey, played by Ross McDade.

This Is the Sea
Directed byMary McGuckian
Produced byMichael Garland
Written byMary McGuckian
StarringSamantha Morton
Ross McDade
Gabriel Byrne
Richard Harris
Music byMike Scott
Brian Kennedy
CinematographyDes Whelan
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • 1997 (1997)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryIreland
LanguageEnglish
Box office$5,000[1]

Plot

The two lovers live in Northern Ireland. Stokes is a Protestant, while McAliskey is Catholic. Their relationship is complicated by the spying of Stokes' brother Jef, played by Marc O'Shea, and by the attempts of Rohan, played by Gabriel Byrne, to recruit McAliskey into the Republican movement. The film also stars Richard Harris as Old Man Jacobs, an ally to the couple.

Title

The film's title comes from the song "This Is the Sea"[2] from the 1985 music album This Is the Sea, by the folk-rock band The Waterboys.

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack uses seven different Waterboys songs.[3] Mike Scott, The Waterboys' lead singer, shares music credits for the film with singer Brian Kennedy.

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References
  1. https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1998/00199.php
  2. This Is the Sea. Variety. URL accessed May 6, 2006.
  3. This Is the Sea soundtrack. IMDb. URL accessed May 5, 2006.


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