David Lean - Ryan's Daughter (1970)

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Plot Synopsis [AMG]
The logic behind inflating Robert Bolt's minimalist romantic drama Ryan's Daughter into a $12 million epic seems to have been "When David Lean directs, it's a super-spectacular." Sarah Miles (who at the time was Mrs. Robert Bolt) stars as Rosy, the daughter of Irish pubkeeper Tom Ryan (Leo McKern). Married to tweedy, sexless schoolmaster Charles Shaughnessy (Robert Mitchum), restless Rosy has an affair with British officer Randolph Doryan (Christopher Jones). When village idiot Michael (an Oscar-winning turn by John Mills) innocently uncovers evidence of Rosy's indiscretion, the local gossips begin wagging their tongues. [...]
Lensed on location in Ireland by frequent Lean collaborator Freddie Young, Ryan's Daughter is simply too large-scale for its basically intimate story. Audiences didn't seem to mind David Lean's directorial elephantiasis, however; the film brought in more than twice its cost.

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David Lean - Ryan's Daughter (1970)

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