Da (1988)
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70% of critics liked it
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56% of users liked it
(68 ratings)
Irish author Hugh Leonard's play Home Before Night was the basis of Da. Martin Sheen plays an Irish/ American playright living in New York. No matter how much he's assimilated himself, Sheen cannot escape the influence of his deceased adoptive father (Barnard Hughes). The writer has several… More Irish author Hugh Leonard's play Home Before Night was the basis of Da. Martin Sheen plays an Irish/ American playright living in New York. No matter how much he's assimilated himself, Sheen cannot escape the influence of his deceased adoptive father (Barnard Hughes). The writer has several heated confrontations with the "ghosts" of his father and mother (Doreen Hepburn), as well as with his own adolescent self (Karl Hayden). Sheen comes to realize that his own success was in part sparked by the failures of his "Da", a gardener who spent his life speaking in empty aphorisms and wishing he were someone else. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Matt Clark
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 1988 Wide
- Studio
- Virgin Vision
Critic Reviews
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
A heart-affecting look at a challenging father- son relationship.
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Cast
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Barnard Hughes
as Da
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Martin Sheen
as Charlie
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William Hickey
as Drumm
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Karl Hayden
as Young Charlie
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Doreen Hepburn
as Mother
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Hugh O'Conor
as Boy Charlie
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Ingrid Craigie
as Polly
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Joan O'Hara
as Mrs. Prynne
- Jill Doyle
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Peter Hanly
as Young Oliver
- Maurice O'Donoghue
- Aimee Clark
- Frank McDonald
- Marie Conmee
- Ronan Wilmot
- Kathy Greenblatt
- Martin Dempsey
- Marcus Colley
