Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

2003
52min

Follows the "Beckett on Film" project, which produced film adaptations of writer Samuel Beckett's nineteen stage plays. The documentary features excerpts from the "Beckett on Film" versions of "Not I", "Krapp's Last Tape", "Endgame", "What Where", and "Waiting for Godot".

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

Storyline

Follows the "Beckett on Film" project, which produced film adaptations of writer Samuel Beckett's nineteen stage plays. The documentary features excerpts from the "Beckett on Film" versions of "Not I", "Krapp's Last Tape", "Endgame", "What Where", and "Waiting for Godot".
    Released
    February 2003
    Runtime
    52min
    Director
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    English
    Production
    Emdee 2000 Productions, Ambrose Video Publishing, RTÉ, Channel 4 Television, Screen Scene, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
Cast
Alan Moloney
Alan Moloney
Self - Producer
Joe Mulholland
Self - Executive Producer (RTE)
Stephen Brennan
Stephen Brennan
Self - Lucky ("Waiting for Godot")
John Crowley
John Crowley
Self - Director ("Come and Go")
Paola Dionisotti
Paola Dionisotti
Self - From "Come and Go"(archive footage)
Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan
Self - Director ("Krapp's Last Tape")
Sean Foley
Self - Man ("Act Without Words I")
Michael Gambon
Michael Gambon
Self - Hamm (archive footage)
John Gielgud
John Gielgud
Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")
Enda Hughes
Self - Director ("Act Without Words II")
John Hurt
John Hurt
Self / Self - Krapp ("Krapp's Last Tape")
Jeremy Irons
Jeremy Irons
Self - Reader / Self - Listener ("Ohio Impromptu")
Neil Jordan
Neil Jordan
Self - Director ("Not I")
Garrett Keogh
Self - Narrator (voice)
Pat Kinevane
Pat Kinevane
Self (archive footage)
Pearse Lehane
Self - Interviewer
Gary Lewis
Gary Lewis
Self (archive footage)
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Self - Director ("Waiting for Godot")
Rosaleen Linehan
Rosaleen Linehan
Self - From "Happy Days"(archive footage)
Marcello Magni
Self (archive footage)
David Mamet
David Mamet
Self - Director ("Catastrophe")
Anna Massey
Anna Massey
Self - From "Come and Go"(archive footage)
Sean McGinley
Sean McGinley
Self (archive footage)
Barry McGovern
Barry McGovern
Self - Vladimir ("Waiting for Godot")
Tom McGurk
Self - Journalist
Conor McPherson
Conor McPherson
Self - Director ("Endgame")
Anthony Minghella
Anthony Minghella
Self - Director ("Play")
Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore
Self - From "Not I"(archive footage)
Johnny Murphy
Johnny Murphy
Self (archive footage)
Damien O'Donnell
Self - Director ("What Where")
Siân Phillips
Siân Phillips
Self - Ru (archive footage)
Rebecca Pidgeon
Rebecca Pidgeon
Self - From "Catastrophe" (archive footage)
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter
Self
Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman
Self - M
Patricia Rozema
Patricia Rozema
Self - Director ("Happy Days")
Kristin Scott Thomas
Kristin Scott Thomas
Self (archive footage) (segment "Play")
Alan Stanford
Alan Stanford
Self - From "Waiting for Godot" (archive footage)
Juliet Stevenson
Juliet Stevenson
Self - W2 (From "Play")
Charles Sturridge
Charles Sturridge
Self - Director ("Ohio Impromptu")
David Thewlis
David Thewlis
Self - Clov (archive footage)
Michael Colgan
Michael Colgan
Self - Producer
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