Synopsis
Based on the stage play Passages from Finnegans Wake, itself based on random passages from Finnegans Wake, Mary Ellen Bute's adaptation is a comical, avant-garde kaleidoscope about a man named Finnegan who dreams about his wake and then wakes up from his dream.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Mary Ellen ButeDirector
- Elliot KaplanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Martin J. KelleyFinnegan
- Jane ReillyAnna Livia
- Peter HaskellShem
- Page JohnsonShaun
- John V. KelleherCommentator
- Ray FlanaganYoung Shem
- Maura PryorYoung Iseult
- Jo Jo SlavinYoung Shaun
- Ray AlanCelebrant
- Joseph AldermanCelebrant
- Ray AllanCelebrant
- Virginia BlueCelebrant
Themes
woman director