Words Upon the Window Pane

Words Upon the Window Pane
Directed by	Mary McGuckian
Produced by	Mary McGuckian; Tom Reeve; Werner Possardt
Written by	Mary McGuckian; William Butler Yeats
Starring	Geraldine Chaplin; Ian Richardson; Jim Sheridan
Music by	Niall Byrne
Cinematography	Des Whelan
Edited by	Kant Pan
Release date	10 June 1994 (US premiere)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Ireland
Language	English

Words Upon the Window Pane is a 1994 Irish drama film directed by Mary McGuckian and starring Geraldine Chaplin, Ian Richardson, and Jim Sheridan. McGuckian directorial debut, it is based on William Butler Yeats' one-act play of the same name. Pat O'Connor was billed to direct the project but he personally offered McGuckian, who was writing the screenplay at the time, the opportunity to also direct.[1] The film received its US premiere on 10 June 1994 at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts as part of the largest retrospective of Irish film ever shown outside Ireland.[2] In September that year, the film was screened at the 51st Venice International Film Festival.[3]

Premise

In 1928 Dublin, during séances concerning Jonathan Swift, the spirits of his former lovers, Stella and Vanessa, emerge to resume their ancient quarrel.

Cast

Geraldine Chaplin as Miss McKenna
Ian Richardson as Dr. Trench
Jim Sheridan as Jonathan Swift/Dean Swift
Geraldine James as Mrs. Henderson
Orla Brady as Vanessa.
John Lynch as John Corbet
Gerard McSorley as Abraham Johnson
Donal Donnelly as Cornelius Patterson
Gemma Craven as Mrs. Mallet
Brid Brennan as Stella
Hugh O'Conor as Cabin boy

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References

'I'VE NEVER HAD A PROPER JOB'. The Sunday Independent. October 16, 2005
Mulkerns, Helena. Irish Film Festival kicks off in New York. The Irish Times. 11 June 1994
Rooney, David. Venice fest adviser blasts Llosa inclusion. Daily Variety. 23 August 1994

External links

Words Upon the Window Pane on IMDb

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[1] 'I'VE NEVER HAD A PROPER JOB'. The Sunday Independent. October 16, 2005

[2] Mulkerns, Helena. Irish Film Festival kicks off in New York. The Irish Times. 11 June 1994

[3] Rooney, David. Venice fest adviser blasts Llosa inclusion. Daily Variety. 23 August 1994