4 Movies Directed by Dan Ireland

The Whole Wide World

The Whole Wide World

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-12-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (2830 Reviews)

Director:

Dan Ireland

Cast:

Writer:

Novalyne Price Ellis (memoir One Who Walked Alone)

Michael Scott Myers (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In Texas in the 1930s, young schoolteacher Novalyne Price meets a handsome, eccentric, interesting young man named Robert Howard. He's a successful writer - of the pulp stories of 'Conan the Barbarian'; she's an aspiring one. A friendship develops into a sort of courtship. Based on a memoir by Novalyne Price.

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-05-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (2428 Reviews)

Director:

Dan Ireland

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Martin Donovan (additional dialogue)

Dan Ireland (additional dialogue)

Ruth Sacks

Elizabeth Taylor (novel)

Fullplot:

Mrs. Palfrey, recently widowed after a long happy marriage, moves into a London residential hotel more lively and elegant on line than in fact. She determines to make the best of it among an odd assortment of people, and she particularly hopes her grandson, a London resident, will visit. When she slips on a walk and is aided by a penniless young writer, she invites him to dine at the Claremont and plays along when her dining mates assume he's her grandson. A friendship develops giving her a companion with whom she can talk about memories and poetry and giving him ideas and support for his writing. But what of her actual family? How it plays out is the movie's story.

Jolene

Jolene

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-06-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (2648 Reviews)

Director:

Dan Ireland

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Dennis Yares (screenplay)

E.L. Doctorow (story)

Michael Gilio (additional writing)

Fullplot:

A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling cross-country experiencing life, love and heartbreak. Based on E.L. Doctorow's story, "Jolene: A Life."

Living Proof

Living Proof

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-10-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

125 min

IMDB Ratings:

(760 Reviews)

Director:

Dan Ireland

Cast:

Writer:

Vivienne Radkoff (teleplay)

Robert Bazell (book)

Fullplot:

A doctor devotes his life's work to finding a cure for breast cancer.

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