Documentary · Ireland · 2003 · 52m

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

Director

Cast

Alan Moloney as Self - Producer Joe Mulholland as Self - Executive Producer (RTE) Stephen Brennan as Self - Lucky ("Waiting for Godot") John Crowley as Self - Director ("Come and Go") Paola Dionisotti as Self - From "Come and Go"(archive footage) Atom Egoyan as Self - Director ("Krapp's Last Tape")

Crew

Isobel Stephenson — Editor Samuel Beckett — Writer Pearse Lehane — Writer Larry Masterson — Producer

Synopsis

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".

Mood & Themes

documentary plays

Key Collaborators

Pearse Lehane Director Isobel Stephenson Editor Samuel Beckett Writer Pearse Lehane Writer Larry Masterson Producer

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